MP Marc Goergen of the Pirate Party likened Gloden’s demeanour to that of the “evil sheriff” portrayed in the film Robin Hood, while Sam Tanson of the Green Party (déi Gréng) characterised him as a “cowboy” shooting indiscriminately and looking for faults “everywhere except in himself.”
During a Monday morning interview on RTL Radio, Gloden described Solovieff’s letter, in which she criticised the fact that the begging ban is tying up too many resources of the criminal police, leaving over 1,200 cases pending, as a “cry for help.” Not mincing his words, Gloden went on to say that the letter showed that previous governments had “done nothing” to address the situation. The Minister accused the opposition of using “populist statements” to discredit the efforts of the current government.
MP Franz Fayot of the Luxembourg Socialist Workers’ Party (LSAP) countered that Gloden’s tone would reveal that he is “nervous.” According to Fayot, it amounts to an “institutional crisis” when a prosecutor general is forced to urge the responsible minister to reassign criminal police officers to their actual cases.
According to Sam Tanson, the government made the mistake of taking hasty decisions, particularly regarding the begging ban, without first consulting with those who would later be tasked with implementing these policies.
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