In the aftermath of a whole day of controversy, perhaps after reading the newspapers in the morning, the Minister of Defense, Guido Crosetto, returns to the controversy triggered by his words about “judicial opposition” to the government of part of the judiciary. He defines it as “a response at the end of an interview about something completely different. A response in which I tell something that was said to me. A concern, not an attack. I say I want to report to Parliament. I am attacked, insulted, threatened, offended. Preventively. Should I be afraid? I don’t have one”, he explains on social media, before offering himself for dialogue: “If you are interested, I would gladly meet with the president of the Association of Magistrates of Santalucia and his management to clarify my words and motivations”. . This way they will understand that at the base there is only enormous respect for institutions. All. The Judiciary comes first.” And the answer soon arrived from the president of the ANM, Giuseppe Santalucia: «My concern is not so much to reassure the magistrates, but rather public opinion. Because whoever reads a statement like this can become disoriented. Therefore, in addition of the courtesy with which he said he was available to receive us, I ask the minister to dispel any shadows, if there is something to report, please do so.” An exchange that certainly does not calm the controversy on the part of the opposition, while the center The right mobilizes around the minister and the League goes on the attack, defining the judiciary as “a caste of untouchables” and relaunching the reforms.
Meanwhile, the Council of Ministers approves two legislative decrees that introduce ‘school report cards’ for the robes and repress magistrates who are out of office. At the MDL preparatory meeting, in the morning, the possibility of introducing psycho-aptitude tests for the togas, as well as for the police forces, also arises, which however does not materialize in the approved regulatory measures. This does not exclude the possibility of it being recovered at a later date. The League, for example, is on the warpath. “I expect, given that the center-right is strong, the usual mechanical investigations in view of the European elections,” Northern League deputy secretary and deputy Andrea Crippa told LaPresse, adding: “There are magistrates who make mistakes and who never pay”, because “the Judiciary is a caste, while other citizens pay when they make mistakes”. Therefore “a reform of the judiciary, in my opinion, must be on the agenda. It is difficult because every time we try to do this, let’s say a certain type of system intervenes or intervened to try to stop that government that was trying to reform the judiciary, because evidently they feel like a caste of untouchables who have to do what they want and how they want with people who think differently from them”, completes number two via Bellerio.
The judgments of the government’s allies are more cautious, starting with undersecretary Alfredo Mantovano, according to whom between the government and the judiciary «the work must be joint and look at the substance. This does not always happen when ideology takes over, which, for example, is the basis of some judicial measures such as in the field of immigration, which result from a priori positions, detrimental to the measures approved by the Government and Parliament”. In short, even when if respect for roles is affirmed, the center-right still highlights some excesses on the part of the judiciary. “If it is about the past and history, I agree and understand, because the Judiciary sometimes intervened”, confirms the president of the Senate, Ignazio La Russa. In any case, “the will of this majority to reform the justice system is there” and the first sign comes from the legislative decrees on the evaluation of magistrates and on ‘non-incumbent’ approved by the Council of Ministers. On the front of the opposition, the Democratic Party asks the president of the parliamentary Anti-Mafia committee, Chiara Colosimo, to schedule a hearing for Crosetto and tomorrow a meeting of the committee will be held to assess the suitability of the request.
Source: IL Tempo
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