“Scandalous”: Sophie Binet criticized Eric Dupont-Moretti’s remarks on civil disobedience

“Without civil disobedience, the United States would still have apartheid, racist laws and women would still not have the right to vote,” CGT Secretary General Sophie Binet responded to De Saux’s guard on Friday after his remarks. The day before the National Assembly commission of inquiry into the violence that occurred during last spring’s demonstrations against the swimming pools in Sainte-Saline (Des-Sèvres).

“He needs to make some changes to understand that civil disobedience is inherently peaceful. This is what underpins our major social and community achievements, the spokesman said. The Minister of Justice must be reminded that freedom does not lie in obeying the law (…) but in taking action and condemning unjust, dangerous and scandalous laws.”

Eric Dupont-Moretti said he was “tired of this little music of civil disobedience”, assuring that “there is nothing more liberticidal” than this principle, used to protect representatives of trade unions (CGT, Solidaires and Confédération paysanne), in court on Friday in Njore. for participating in organizing demonstrations in October and March last year in St. Solin, which were banned by the authorities.

“Serious ideological confusion”

Let us recall that violent clashes with the police broke out on March 25 in Saint Solin, when about 8 thousand people demonstrated against the mega-pool project. At least 200 demonstrators and 47 police were injured.

“This trial marks a milestone in the criminalization of trade union activities (…) Our freedoms are in danger, our democracy is in danger. “This must stop immediately, because day after day we hear serious ideological confusion,” Sophie Binet said indignantly. The use of a repressive anti-terrorism arsenal against us is very serious (…) we must stop these scandalous comparisons. »