He had placed himself at the foot of the Church. Now he is at the feet of justice. Jean-Marc Sauve was the former chair of the independent commission on sexual abuse within the Church. He will present the conclusions of the Committee of the States General of Justice this Friday to Emmanuel Macron, who had commissioned him for this mission following revelations about the "330,000 victim" of child crime in the Catholic church community.
The announcements, which will be made in the morning at a press conference, should be less loud this time. The Estates General's conclusions have been leaked several times. These leaks do not indicate a dramatic proposal but rather a list listing priorities.
The executive should be urged to recommend increasing human resources, clarifying the mission of the judge, strengthening civil Justice at First Instance, overhauling code of criminal procedure, and reducing the use imprisonment. The committee should not recommend the removal of the investigating judge. The Court of Justice of the Republic says yes.
Last November, the platform consisting of 3,000 clerks and magistrates was formed to highlight the seriousness of the problems within the institution. They wrote that they no longer wanted a justice that doesn't listen or that is too busy to do everything. The Estates General of Justice report also makes a damning observation about the state of the judicial institution in "a state of advanced decay".
"Lacking human and material resources", constant reforms," ever more complex litigation... The committee, which includes 12 members (magistrates and politicians, lawyers, senior civil servants etc.) affirmed the report. ).
In her general policy speech on Wednesday, Elisabeth Borne, Prime Minister, confirmed that 8,500 magistrates would be recruited, "taking up a campaign promise from Emmanuel Macron". A programming law was also announced by her, which would take up the Estates General's conclusions.
While the Elysee is pleased with the results of the reflection - one million contributions, including the 8,700 "detainees", - it warns that Friday will not see any arbitration. This is just the beginning.
