Cazeneuve: CGT militants “took violently to” police – Le Parisien

L e interior minister on Sunday accused “the CGT activists” have “taken violently to the police” in After the last demonstration against the labor law.

In a statement, Bernard Cazeneuve responds to union leader Philippe Martinez, who believes that the police received “orders” of “non-intervention vis-à-vis the thugs.” “Since the protests began on labor law, clear and consistent instructions are given to the police (…) proportionate use of public force to ensure safety of demonstrators and local residents and enforce the law to manifest, and absolute firmness against thugs, “says the minister. He accuses Philip Martinez of “knowingly misrepresenting these clear guidelines.”

According to him, 1,800 people were detained for three months, “one hundred have already been tried and sentenced,” and “550 policemen and gendarmes were injured” in clashes or violence on the margins of events.

the government threatened to ban future events, scheduled for Thursday and June 28 if security can not be guaranteed. “There will be in the coming days of discussions between the police prefecture of Paris and organizers to see if the conditions are ripe for a rally to be held,” said Manuel Valls on Sunday newspaper.

“A form of solidarity” with protesters CGT thugs

the public order and the right to protest can not be guaranteed “if everyone takes responsibility , separates the violence and those who commit them, condemning them clearly, including whether they are union members, “notes Bernard Cazeneuve. “Tuesday, June 14 of the CGT militants violently took part in the security forces to the point of dispersal yet agreed with the organizers,” he complains.

Prime Minister had already spoke of “an ambiguous attitude of the order of the CGT service” towards rioters during the national demonstration in Paris on Tuesday and enamelled major incidents. The prefect of police in Paris Michel Cadot had also lamented “a form of solidarity” of the CGT some protesters with the rioters. “All violence are outside the union processions,” replied Philippe Martinez Sunday.

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