In the face of the ambition of the exercise, the committee chaired by Jean-Marc Sauvé obtained from the Minister the continuation of his work until the end of April.
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Launched on October 18, 2021 by Emmanuel Macron who waited for the fruit before the end of his mandate, the general states of justice will finally span the presidential election. The Independent Committee responsible for ensuring the impartiality of this process and to restore the conclusions obtained, Thursday, January 27, the green light of Eric Dupond-Moretti, Minister of Justice, to continue his work until the end of April, at the end of April. the next day of the second round of the presidential election, scheduled for April 24th.
Jean-Marc saved, the Chairman of the Committee of the General States, had solicited the authorization of the Elysée, with two arguments: the need for time because of the extent of the task, and the risks of See an instrumentalized final report in the last days of campaign or convicted of oblivion.
Just out of the work of the Independent Commission on Sexual Abuse in the Church, the Honorary Vice-President of the Council of State also had to find a compromise with the eleven other members of the Committee. While the pace of the meetings and hearings carried out by this committee, which are part of the chairmen of the laws of the two parliamentary chambers, Yaël Braun-Pivet (LREM) and François-Noël Buffet (LR), the two highest judicial magistrates, Chantal Arens and François Molins, the academic Christophe Jamin or the former President of the European Court of Human Rights Linos-Alexander Sicilianos, accelerates, it was about finding a balance between the desire to deepen and The availability of each in time.
Immersion on the ground
The next government, whatever it is, should be required to position rapidly on the proposals that will come out of the States-General. The observation now shared of the deep crisis of the judicial institution has already led the main presidential candidates to promise emergency plans with thousands of hiring at the key. On the other hand, some proposals may appear radical.
Alerted by M me Arens and Molins of the “despair” of the judiciary, worried about the growing distrust of citizens with regard to justice rendered on their behalf, aware of A slowness of the Discredit Procedures, the Head of State had asked in October 2021 a rebate flat of the “system” and “forbids no subject, no field, no audacity”. Mr. Sauvé, chosen because of his incontestable independence to credit the exercise, took it to the word.
After a civic consultation phase completed mid-December, seven thematic working groups (criminal procedure, civil justice, protection justice, economic and social justice, prison and reintegration, magistrates and status, organization of jurisdictions) Compounds of magistrates, lawyers and academics have planned on tracks of reform. Some have already submitted their conclusions.
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