Paris (AFP)
Xavier Bertrand, candidate (ex-LR) for the Elysee Palace in 2022, wants to put an end to the "impunity" of delinquents, in particular that of minors, by the multiplication of closed educational centers, the placement under electronic bracelet, the complete revision of the juvenile penal code or the introduction of the penal majority at 15 years.
"The law must have the last word and delinquents must know that there will be no more impunity", he affirms in an interview with the Journal du dimanche, very critical of Emmanuel Macron for whom "the security n 'has never been the priority ".
In addition to the creation of 20,000 new prison places, the president of Hauts-de-France wants to "multiply by three the number of closed educational centers" and the most dangerous minors must be supervised in a military manner ".
He also pleads for "to multiply the additional penalties of expulsion" and "the placement under electronic bracelet, including of minors, must be generalized".
To "break the phenomenon of gangs", he plans to "completely revise the penal code of minors by establishing the penal majority at 15 years" and by splitting "the functions between the judges in charge of the protection of minors and those in charge of justice criminal law for juvenile offenders ".
Asked about the drop in the number of police under Nicolas Sarkozy, he said he would "not let" the former president's "security record" "dirty."
"Security is not reduced to the only question of the number of police officers, it is indeed the penal answer the solution", he insists.
In addition, he wants to go back on the suppression of the prefectural body announced by Emmanuel Macron in an "unfair" and "irresponsible" manner.
Asked about the head of the LREM list in the Pas-de-Calais region, Eric Dupond-Moretti, Minister of Justice, the president of Hauts-de-France, candidate for his re-election in June, affirms that "the only objective of 'Emmanuel Macron is to have the RN elected "in his region, by" coldly and cynically pursuing his strategy to face Marine Le Pen in the second round of the presidential election ".
"It would be better to take care of the country rather than engage in low political maneuvers. For months, the house has been on fire and Emmanuel Macron has been looking elsewhere."
If the RN is in a position to win in his region, "there will be no deal with LREM, he says. Our list has already been submitted for the first and for the second round."
"Once again, Xavier Bertrand made the choice to sacrifice the values of the Republic on the altar of his personal ambitions", reacted in a press release Laurent Pietraszewski, head of the LREM list for regional Hauts-de-France.
"The fate of Hauts-de-France and its inhabitants does not matter to the current president of the Region, who would gladly let the National Gathering pass if the opportunity arose," he added.
"Instead of blocking (the RN) for six years", Xavier Bertrand "made a sieve, because it was just his presidential ambition, his little person before finding concrete solutions to people's lives," said for her part, the candidate for the union of the left in Hauts-de-France, Karima Delli, on France Info.
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