Eric Dupond-Moretti in the face of its contradictions. Wednesday, July 8, the famous criminal defense lawyer was making his first steps at the national Assembly in the face of the deputies, in his new capacity as minister of Justice. Since the announcement of his entry into the government, the criticism pours in, some wondering what the questions and considerations for this came to do in this mess, other is recalling his strong opinions and his media outlets many in which he stated that he could not ever hold the position. Contradictions that mps have not failed to meet and about which they have asked the new keeper of the Seals.
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" You never had to occupy this chair, and you are there [...]. Mr. minister, your future actions will be in agreement with your statements of the past ? ", has asked the mp LR Antoine Savignat. In the chamber, the noise rise, the silence takes a long time to come back. Not enough to discourage the guard of the Seals. "We do not judge men on the a priori. You me judging on what I've done, when I will get it done, " said Eric Dupond-Moretti.
First response of@E_DupondM, heckled by opposition mps : "When one is a criminal defense lawyer free, it was not the same word as when you represent the State."
>> "You are me judging on what I've done, when I will get it done."#DirectAN #QAG pic.twitter.com/MLYHxHc43q
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But in the hall, the voices of some have continued to be heard. So much so that the minister has struggled to finish his answer. "I beg you. It is already complicated for me, this is a first ", he tried, in vain, in spite of the applause of the deputies of the majority. "I have an acute sense of the contradictory, and respect for the word of the other. I wish you would let me at least express myself ", he started then to the mp. Before turning to the president to roost, Richard Ferrand : "we count the number of interruptions ? "Response from the boss :" No, we suffer in silence. "
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Eric Dupond-Moretti has tried so hard to finish his explanation, before however fighting, always, against the interruptions of some mps. "My word has been a free man, my word will be that of the minister of this government [...]. I want to work with all of you, members of the majority as opposition mps. The idea of justice transcends the divisions [...]. We can all work together, " he concluded. Not without penalty.
