Elisabeth Moreno, Minister Delegate in charge of Gender Equality – Ludovic Marin / AP / SIPA
The death of Chahinez, 31, immolated by his violent ex-companion on Tuesday near Bordeaux arouses a lot of reactions. The Minister Delegate for Gender Equality, Elisabeth Moreno, addressed the magistrates after this tragedy. “I want to appeal to all judges in France, who have understood how serious these intra-family tragedies were, to tell them to consider all this domestic violence as priorities in their courts,” she said. declared on RTL in reaction to this particularly violent murder.
For the minister, who denounced a “barbaric act”, “there is a very important awareness” about domestic violence in France but we must continue this “cultural change in all of society”.
Stop a “scourge”
“I know the role of law enforcement and justice to move the lines. I appeal to them because it is together that we will stop this scourge ”, she continued, judging that“ the legal arsenal and the devices exist ”and that“ everything must be done to avoid these tragedies ”.
The government announced Thursday the launch of an inspection mission to examine how this mother of three was burned alive in front of her home by an abusive husband who had been convicted and imprisoned less than a year ago for violence conjugal. “We will have the answer next week and we will learn every lesson from what happened,” she said.
The minister called on the women victims to file a complaint. “It serves a purpose, the police hear these cases. Speech is freed and it must be encouraged. It is dangerous to say that it does not change anything, ”she added. Elisabeth Moreno also affirmed that “everything was done” so that the 3919, an anonymous and free number for women victims of violence, is available 7 days a week and 24 hours a day “at the end of the month. of June “.