Manuel Valls on Monday vigorously defended the state of emergency he will ask Parliament to extend for three months after the bombing in Nice, saying also open to proposals for “increase” <. / em> the “effectiveness”
Prime Minister praised the effectiveness of the existing regime of exception since 14 November, with this argument: “we have foiled a number of attacks in recent months still, one just before the Euro could have been particularly bloody.” He was actually referring to the arrest in March of the alleged jihadist Reda Kriket.
The legislation on the three-month extension of the state of emergency Tuesday examined Council of Ministers and debated in parliament, plans to authorize administrative searches again, confirmed the head of government. “The efficiency and effectiveness” the searches “will also be increased” as the text will use the data of computers and phones seized. “collateral requirements” by the Constitutional Council were made, said Manuel Valls. In February, the Council had indeed found the computer seizures were deemed unconstitutional
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However, between November 14 and May 26, when stopped the administrative searches, on 3594 ordered searches, few have resulted in counter-terrorism procedures . In February, when most had already been conducted, only one led to an indictment on charges related to terrorism. In fact, numerous residence to search and assignments aimed suspects without concrete evidence. . Many political activists, including environmentalists, were also affected during the organization of COP 21 in Paris
On the duration of the extension, Manuel Valls was open: ” we suggest a period of three months, but the debate over the term of the state of emergency will take place in Parliament “. Monday night, AFP, quoting government and parliamentary sources, argued that the state of emergency could actually be extended to January 2017, claiming that the party Republicans.
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