Monday, February 7, 2011

Sarkozy Sheriff

French President Sarkozy wants to present himself at election time as a guarantor of law and order - again. His calculus: So far, the sheriff's approach still be considered accessible. But the old loop is not any more. Only a horrible murder, then public horror and, finally, the political exploitation of the emotions: Following this pattern, Nicolas Sarkozy has in the past acted again and again, when it came to present themselves to voters as a tough interior minister or leg vigorously cross-President.


This provides a great atmosphere and voices, especially at election time. Although the propaganda recipe book is outdated, Sarkozy reaches reflexively back to the dramatization of evil - as for now, pending since elections in March, the canton and in particular with regard to the race for the Elysee 2012th The Sheriff mesh invariably follows the same scheme - Daily World Buzz explains it step by step: First Act: The act on 18 January to 22 clock Laetitia Perrais completed their service at the Hotel-Restaurant La Bernerie-en-Retz near Pornic west of Nantes, where the 18-year old working as apprentices.

She climbs her Vespa, apparently in order to go home, then lost their trail. The next morning, her Scooter is found by the roadside. Laetitia is no trace. The investigation by the police focus quickly on Tony Meilhon, a convicted multiple friend Laetitia, who was seen on the evening in question with her.

In his car, a white Peugeot 106, large quantities of blood are found Laetitia. Meilhon, 22 January 2011 arrested, admits there was a traffic accident. The whereabouts of the corpse is silent on the 31-year-old. Second Act: The public reaction, the disappearance of the young woman makes national headlines.

In La Bernerie where Laetitia and her twin sister living since the age of twelve with a foster family, there is horror, dismay and bewilderment. On the doorstep of the foster family is a photo attached, including the words "Help us to Laetitia learns justice." How could the justice before, in February 2010, leaving a man whose criminal record includes 15 convictions - including one for rape of a fellow prisoner, others because of violence and theft? The questions are many.

The recent suit, because of death threats and sexual aggression, was on 26 December 2010 raised. "It's not only at the time of discharge, but rather to determine how the adhesive was used," says Emmanuel Riglaire, legal counsel of the father of Laetitia. "If the prison is just a dirty place, where we produce only running more Tonys." The foster family and the parents Laetitia participate as plaintiffs in the proceedings.

In Nantes and La Bernerie silent marches will be organized. The body is never recovered Laetitia. The main suspect Meilhon sticks to his version of events. Act Three: The political exploitation on 24 January, during his press conference on the G-8 and G-20 summit, President Sarkozy is to be enlightened statesman.

A day later, he falls, the weather for Aufregerthemen in the nose, again in the role of the Supreme People's Tribune, which may be overtaken by concerns of safety of any instance: At breakfast with members of the governing UMP party, he calls in terms of Laetitia "fast Initiative "Against Sexual repeat offenders - it would be 18 corresponding law since 2002.

Of the party-goers to muck. Not even a "legal Quick Shot is even rumored among followers. Sarkozy, however, interfere with the bit. In the afternoon in Saint-Nazaire, he becomes a repeat offender. Prior military and shipyard workers to renew, slightly modified his proposal, as he speaks of his "very great emotion," from his "deep sympathy".

On Wednesday, during the weekly Council of Ministers, the President takes on the theme and asks for "a rethinking of the measures and additional requirements, not necessarily a legislative nature, so as not such a terrible drama can be repeated." First words, then actions: On the afternoon Sarkozy appointed justice and interior ministers to the Elysée - the summit meeting on the subject of criminal recidivists.

Not enough? Not at all. Day it shall, after Sarkozy. In a letter to the Minister of Justice Michel Mercier calls crackdown against possible failure of justice. In parallel, a UMP member of parliament with a mission to impose penalty is responsible. And then, the head of the public staged empathy: On Monday, it is 31 January, receives the President of the relatives and friends Laetitia in the Élysée.

All of the compassionate father of his country, he assured them of his compassion, insists his "personal" use and promises sanctions against "procedural violations". Act Four: The blame game after two weeks of search, on 1 February in a pond at Lavau sur Loire by police divers limbs first, then the head and body of a young woman recovered.

The autopsy confirmed - is Laetitia, which was apparently strangled. A day later, the president is traveling in Orleans, Sarkozy knows it exactly: guilt for the murder of Laetitia are - once again - the "serious omissions" of the judiciary. "If an individual, such as the alleged culprits, from prison, can not ensure that it is accompanied by a probation officer, this is a mistake," thundered the President.

And because judges scolding is popular, he adds: "Those who have allowed this error, or covered, will be punished." Act Five: The Failure of polemics against the judicial officers, Sarkozy ever derogatory dubbed as "little pea" proves to be a boomerang. Because of the politician who once boasted, "chief police officer in France" to be, is also responsible for the deplorable state of the prison and the dramatic lack of personnel.

In the present case, this means that criminals are for 3300 only 17 probation officers are available. But this time does not mesh Sarkozy's best: people are angry. "The submissions of the President of the Republic are scandalous," said Christophe Regnard excited, Chief Justice of the union USM.

"This is cheap populism." And his colleague Matthew Bonduelle railed against the senior employer: "To say 'We are fed up, is yet to put it mildly." It feels wronged, it is even of "revolt" is mentioned. This anger will be on 10 February in strikes and a national day of action discharged.

In Nantes are also a week of hearings be suspended in protest against the "demagoguery mesh" of the president, aimed only to "to cover up negligence of the government" the. It's not just the flimsy arguments against the judiciary, are no longer in the. Sarkozy's populist maneuver caught not even within his own political camp.

The President had to riots against security forces in last summer clamoring to withdraw their nationality assassins of public officials - if they were not yet ten years the French. But the controversial Ausbürgerungsgesetz that reminded some parliamentarians from the practices of the Vichy regime's collaboration, because it would have made France the two-class society, was stopped in the night from Thursday to Friday in the Senate.

The core of the new immigration procedure was thwarted by a coalition of leftist and liberal MPs: With 182 to 156 vote rejected the Senatn Sarkozy's pet project. The Sheriff does not mesh any more.

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