Johan De Becker, head of police for the Brussels West zone, calls for courts to punish young troublemakers in Molenbeek with much more speed. The public prosecutor's office does its job properly, but the sentencing follows much too late, he says in De Standaard. A youngster will return to the neighbourhood and gets the impression that he went unpunished, although the sentencing may come months or even years later, meaning he no longer realises what he is being punished for, the police chief says. De Becker denied also there were areas where the police no longer intervene, as stated by anonymous police officers last week.
Minister of Justice Stefaan De Clerck (CD&V) has requested talks with Bruno Bulthé, the Brussels public prosecutor, and he has not excluded the possibility of introducing summary, or fast-track, justice. SP.A MP Fouad Ahidar also echoed support for acceleration of punishment , where necessary with alternative punishment for minor offences. He says that the drugs problem is increasing amongst the youth and is resulting in fatalities. He recommends that the local authorities talk to parents who allow their thirteen-year-olds to wander the streets at midnight. But the youths from the problem areas must also be addressed, as Sarkozy did in Paris. Together with his colleague Yamilla Idrissi (SP.A), he says there is a possibility of an explosion along the lines of what happened in the Parisian banlieues.
De Standaard /Vlaams-Brabant/Brussel ; Monday 21 September 2009 ; p.4
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