Darmanin estranges magistrates and police officers in Lyhanna case
Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin has attracted simultaneous criticism from magistrates and police commissioners in connection with the Lyhanna case.
Darmanin caught between magistrates and law enforcement
Google News LU FR reports that Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin has achieved the feat of turning both magistrates and police commissioners against him, in what French media now refer to as the "Lyhanna case".
According to Le Figaro, magistrates and police commissioners united against Darmanin, an unusual alliance that testifies to the depth of the unease caused by the minister's statements. Laurent Nuñez, Prefect of Police in Paris, further disputed the existence of a "phantom stock" of sexual violence cases involving minors, a notion nonetheless advanced by Darmanin himself, according to BFM.
Former Prosecutor General François Molins, cited by Le Monde, painted a severe picture of the state of the judicial institution: "By continually asking more and more of the judicial institution, we have gradually crippled it." This assessment aligns with that of a report mentioned by ici.fr, which points to a lack of resources and insufficient training in handling cases of violence against minors, particularly in Rouen.
The case illustrates growing tensions between the Interior Ministry and justice and security professionals over the handling of sensitive cases involving minor victims.
Source: Google News LU FR