Justice in danger? 3,000 magistrates warn about the degradation of their profession

Laura Laplaud 10:17 p.m., November 24, 2021, modified at 10:17 p.m., November 24, 2021

They are magistrates, clerks and spokespersons with a lost voice. That of their colleague Charlotte who committed suicide at the age of 29 on August 23. "Charlotte measured the workload and the level of requirement that she had to reach to become the human and rigorous magistrate that she wanted to be", they write. In a forum signed by our colleagues from the

, they denounce the deterioration of their working conditions: "We no longer want a justice which does not listen, which reasons only in figures, which times and records everything". A cry of alarm which the guests of

debated on Wednesday evening on Europe 1 and CNews. "I find this forum to be quite beneficial," said lawyer Thibault de Montbrial.

"Always go faster"

"She underlines the fact that a security policy is the combination of the work of the forces which falls under the Ministry of the Interior and the work of the forces which falls under the Ministry of Justice, both cannot work. 'one without the other,' added Thibault de Montbrial at the microphone of Laurence Ferrari.

The magistrates cite a crucial lack of means, overcrowded hearings and the obligation to process hearings in fifteen minutes.

"Come and say that it takes between 5 and 15 minutes to manage a case per judge, it is not humanly possible! They miss the exercise of good justice", launched Christian Prouteau, the founder of GIGN on the

.

"Injunctions to go always faster and to make a figure", specify the professionals of the justice.

"Would there not be a way to have certain files dealt with by others? The question must be asked!" Asked Christian Prouteau.

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A situation which generates a "discrepancy" between the will of these professionals to "deliver quality justice and the reality" of their daily lives.

This "makes our profession lose meaning and creates great suffering", they slip into their platform.

"I think that the budget of the Ministry of Justice must be increased, not by 8% as Éric Dupond-Moretti gloried in it, but in a radical way, this budget must be doubled as quickly as possible!" Thibault de Montbrial.

While justice is running out of steam, the lawyer calls out to the State: "I call for a protein diet for the State, that is to say less fat, more muscles".