Pension reform: Laurent Nuñez invites the Defender of Rights to the command room

Europe 1 with AFP 10:01 am, March 28, 2023, modified at 10:01 am, March 28, 2023

The prefect of police of Paris Laurent Nuñez invites, this Tuesday, March 28, the Defender of Rights in the command room of the prefecture of police of Paris so that she can "see" how the police intervene, during the 10th day of mobilization against the pension reform. Invited by France Inter, the prefect of police argued that Claire Hédon would see "when he decides to engage the force".

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"We intervene with a lot of proportion"

"She will see that I engage the force when individuals all dressed up, all in black start to break businesses," he continued. "There is not a country in the world where we do not intervene in this kind of situation." "We intervene with a lot of proportion," he insisted. About the BRAV-M, this unit of police officers on motorcycle decried, Laurent Nuñez reaffirmed that "its dissolution was not on the agenda".

"These comparisons made with the Voltigeurs (motorcycle units implicated in the death of Malik Ousekine in 1986 in Paris) are staggering, as are some remarks against his officials which are insulting and some of which fall under criminal and judicial qualification," he said.

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"An unprecedented device"

The police chief warned that "from now on, whoever makes these remarks, a politician, a lawyer, he will systematically seize the justice of these insults". Authorities expect a total of 650,000 to 900,000 protesters on Tuesday, including 70,000 to 100,000 in the capital. To supervise the demonstrations, 13,000 police and gendarmes, including 5,500 in Paris are mobilized, which is an "unprecedented" device, according to Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin.