“The delegitimization of the judiciary is an operation that undermines the country’s democratic stability.” The National Association of Magistrates has put in writing the new attack on the center-right majority, triggered in recent weeks by the decisions that blocked the detention of migrants in Albania. In a document entitled “The language of democracy”, unanimously approved by the Central Steering Committee, the government is accused of carrying out “an attack on instrumental jurisdiction to discredit the judiciary, to prepare the ground for reforms that tend to subject control of legality depends on politics.” To respond to the document and the outcry, the president of the Forza Italia senators, Maurizio Gasparri, intervened. “The ANM document is memorable, which with reckless boldness claims what we define it as the political use of justice”, he declared.
“According to Santalucia and his companions, rallies and political-ideological expressions of all types are legitimate. One day a rally, one day a proclamation, one day a sentence. become a ‘one’, then the outcry over alleged attacks on private lives is ridiculous. The judicial system should rather be held accountable for the disturbing events of the anti-mafia prosecutor’s office and the many abusive violations suffered by private citizens by led structures. by the magistrates,” he said. thundered Gasparri. “We have read disturbing things about well-known magistrates who went easily from the robe to the rally. I am sure that the vast majority of independent and hard-working magistrates will ensure that the values of justice prevail over ‘dancing’. with the (red) stars of the usual suspects”, he commented.
Source: IL Tempo
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