Monday, April 13, 2015

Beginning of the review of the law on intelligence before MPs – The World

Manuel Valls when presenting the law on intelligence, Monday, April 13th.

“A dangerous law? How can we say such counter truths? “ The speech of the Prime Minister, Manuel Valls, opened Monday, April 13, the examination by MPs of the bill on intelligence. Facing him, barely thirty deputies, according to the special envoy of World in the National Assembly.

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“It is normal that this text raises questions but some shortcuts border on caricature, “ said Mr. Valls, convinced that ” those who are not [his] opinion does not read the text. “

The law was not “prepared in emergency” , according to the Prime Minister, who does not explain the use of the emergency procedure for passing.

“The number of people to watch beyond the capacity of our services. We must resort to other methods. “

” massive surveillance Powers “

Earlier, some 200 people (according to police) gathered outside the National Assembly to tell their opposition to the text, accused of being draconian. The demonstrators, whose symbol is an eye Crossed denounce “harm to the text presented as an anti-terrorism law (…) that gives intelligence massive surveillance powers without any real control” and “choice of the emergency procedure” .

A hundred people protested Monday near the National Assembly to protest the bill on the information that is to be debated by MPs.

Cécile Duflot, who attended the rally, ” all power was given to the administrative authority and the Prime Minister. This is a bill that goes to the very meaning of the Constitution. “ ” If you are claiming a right to privacy, it is said that you let yourself be terrorists “, was the former insurgent minister.

Read: Provisions of the Bill on Intelligence

“Heavily intrusive methods”

Several organizations grouped in the Observatory and digital freedoms, had called for the demonstration. Among them, the Union of Magistrates, the Union of Lawyers of France, Amnesty International, ATTAC, the League of Human Rights, the National Union of Journalists-General Confederation of Labour (SNJ-CGT), National Union of Journalists (SNJ), Partners, La Quadrature du Net, or Right to housing.

Some of the protesters, Jérémie Zimmermann, the Quadrature du Net,
Several dozen people protested against the bill on Intelligence, April 13, 2015.

Read: The galaxy opponents of the Bill on Intelligence

According to the Observatory freedoms and digital, that project “confirms the illegal practices of services” Intelligence and legalizes “heavily intrusive surveillance methods” , citing “of widespread surveillance means comparable to the NSA [ National Security Agency ] denounced by Edward Snowden “. The advocate, Jacques Toubon, Monday renewed his “reservations on some major points of the text” in a statement.

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