Mentioning the government’s decision to extend the state of emergency for three more months, Djordje Kuzmanovic said that he did not think that things would have been even worse without a state of emergency.
“A state of emergency is essentially useless, which has been regularly proved since the attack of Charlie Hebdo. It would have made sense during the next few weeks during which time police and security forces would be taking emergency measures against terrorist groups and cells. Doing this now makes no sense at all.”
“Moreover, this measure was widely used to check the public campaign against the so-called El-Khomri law, instead of putting our police and military to better use against terrorists.”
Djordje Kuzmanovic outlined a list of what the Left party considered as efficient measures against terror attacks.
“First off, we need to step up our information gathering effort, which is something we have always called for, including in our report made on July 5.
Besides, we should take serious measures against countries which indoctrinate terrorists with Wahhabi ideology, namely Saudi Arabia and Qatar, and also against Turkey whose President Erdogan continues to have suspicious ties with Daesh.”
“We need to ban Salafist mosques which disseminate jihadist propaganda in France,” Djordje Kuzmanovic said in conclusion.
