Former Judge Luc Hennart’s Political Commitment and Critique of the Belgian Judicial System

2024-02-21 08:03:00

In fourth position is Luc Hennart, former judge and honorary president of the Brussels court of first instance.

He decided to join politics to be able to continue the fights he was leading as honorary president. “I want to continue these reflections and these fights, and I think that participation in political activity allows me to do so.” However, he clarifies: “I am not a pawn on a chessboard. I am someone who defends his ideas.”

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Luc Hennart indicates that “Europe was chosen” so that he might “defend the justice he values”. He also says he is worried regarding the rule of law, both at Belgian and European level. “And that’s nothing new.” “Before pointing the finger at others, we must also think regarding what is happening at home,” says the ex-judge.

According to him, the transfer of Salah Abdeslam is “proof” that “the judicial system is not respected”.

For Luc Hennart, his presence on the lists is “not at all” a politicization of justice. He also specifies that he has always been transparent regarding his political color. “I am one of those who think that considering that judges cannot have a political opinion is total absurdity,” he continues. “But it is not political opinion that dictates legal decisions.”

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Finally, Maxime Binet and his guest returned to drug trafficking in Belgium. For Luc Hennart, “we are not being too lax. The prisons are full of people imprisoned as part of the fight once morest drugs.”

“The problem of narcotics is a general problem,” he continues. So you have to look at it from different angles. According to him, decriminalizing cocaine would help fight drug trafficking. We must not “use narcotics as we want”, but we must “approach the question as it is”.

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