2023-11-04 09:30:37
The president of the PS Paul Magnette announces in the columns of the Echo this Saturday that his party will not vote for the “anti-thugs” law, the controversial project aimed at repressing acts of vandalism committed during demonstrations. The text, at the initiative of former Minister of Justice Vincent Van Quickenborne, has been under discussion for almost a year. It particularly attracts the wrath of unions and part of civil society because it threatens the right to demonstrate.
“We are not going to vote for this textconfirms Paul Magnette. I recognize that the basis of the text was legitimate. […] The intention was to attack the thugs in such a way as to promote the freedom to demonstrate“, explains Paul Magnette. The president of the socialist party, however, pinpoints “problems linked to the context” The question of the right to strike, the limit of 100 participants, the list of articles of the Penal Code concerned with a risk of reinterpretation. The fears of unions, Greenpeace and climate activists are legitimate. How to prevent to demonstrate someone who is subject to a ban ?”, asks the president of the Socialist Party.
“Rather than passing a poorly made law, I think we should remove these articles from the draft Penal Code and continue analyzing the rest of the text.“, he suggests.
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