Asked about the words of Eric Comyn’s widow, who on Wednesday pointed out the laxity of the French justice system after her husband’s death during a refusal to comply, the first secretary of the PS dodged the issue on RTL, considering the question of repeat offending to be “difficult”.
Faced with the cry of alarm from a widow after the death of her husband during a refusal to comply, what response from the political class? Questioned the day after the speech by Harmonie Comyn, wife of the police officer killed in the Alpes-Maritimes by a hit-and-run driver on Monday, August 26, Olivier Faure appeared embarrassed. Invited on RTL, the first secretary of the Socialist Party (PS) first expressed his compassion for this woman whose “words” And “the pain” are “heartbreaking”. “How can we not hear the message she is sending?”he asks, before becoming more hesitant about the answer to give.
“It is true that there is something to do today”acknowledged the socialist executive, live from Blois where the PS summer university is being held. However, he considers the question “difficult” given the complexity of the paths taken by repeat offenders. “The judicial and penitentiary systems are already completely blocked”recalls Olivier Faure for whom “put people in prison” is not “not a satisfactory answer either”. “We have too many people today,” he believes, without proposing an alternative. “We need to tackle this debate head on”he finally kicks it into touch.
Complex question
On Wednesday in Mandelieu-la-Napoule (Alpes-Maritimes), the widow of Éric Comyn, 54, spoke at a tribute in memory of her slain husband. Her words, spoken with emotion, denouncing the judicial laxity in France, according to her responsible for the death of her husband, have gone viral. “I say it loud and clear, France killed my husband through its inadequacy, its laxity and its excess of tolerance.”she hammered home.
“People are repeat offenders for crimes that are sometimes of a different nature. In this case, we don’t know the case very well.”argues Olivier Faure, recalling that we do not know “of what nature” were the past crimes of the accused, who is known to have already been convicted ten times by the courts, mainly for attacks on persons and road traffic offences.
“You can’t always anticipate what the next step will be. If we always knew that a traffic offender was going to commit murder next, we would act differently.”says the first secretary of the PS. “If there were simple solutions, the national representation would already agree on the answers”.