We think this kid will indeed be serving his country in uniform, but it won't be the natty blue of the gendarmerie. |
In times of national crisis the gendarmerie can be used to reinforce the army. |
Criminals are usually delivered to the police or the gendarmerie, a military police with a reputation of an uncorrupted elite force. |
The Interior Ministry will now control both the police and the gendarmerie. |
Since there is no mass disturbance, there is no need of a more serious presence of the gendarmerie forces. |
It was a calculated response to the fears of an oppressive gendarmerie which had motivated so much resistance to the force. |