Young people, it was stressed, listen to the words of elected officials. Unanimity would be needed to explain to them the changes that have already taken place, while preparing a presidential debate intended to provide answers to this youth. Jad Zahab concluded by repeating that the excuse of minority must no longer be the rule but the exception.
The judge, he indicated, should say whether or not the minor must be treated as a minor. The decision would thus depend on the individual case, and not on automatic application.
Jad Zahab also argued for the immediate appearance of minors in court. Even if the sentence is not heavier, he maintained, it is better for a young person to appear before a judge right away.
He mentioned the possibility of community service, so that the minor understands that the act committed was not acceptable, rather than a delay that can reach one year before an appearance before a judge.
Waiting so long, he judged, strips the sentence of its meaning. The speed of the judicial response is, in his argument, as important as the quantum of the sanction.
On violence against those entrusted with public order, the remarks recall the risk of life imprisonment for an adult and of twenty years' criminal imprisonment for a minor.
Another speaker indicated that he shared the legislative changes set out by Gabriel Attal's spokesperson. He nevertheless deemed a clear political message from the left and the far left necessary.
Jad Zahab noted that a bill is before the National Assembly. Gabriel Attal, a figure of youth at the start of Emmanuel Macron's five-year term, remains at the center of this appeal.