Conte, Speranza COVID decision 'slap in face' say families

(see related) (ANSA) - ROME, JUN 7 - Relatives of victims of COVID-19 in the province of Bergamo on Wednesday described as a "slap in the face" the decision by the Court of Ministers in Brescia to dismiss the positions of former premier Giuseppe Conte and former health minister Roberto Speranza, who had been placed under investigation by prosecutors in Bergamo for their alleged mismanagement of Italy's first phase of the pandemic.
    The decision "is a slap in the face to us and to the whole of Italy, which deserves a more transparent political and judicial system," said members of the #Sereniesempreuniti association of victims' families.
    "We are uncompromising over what has been done by the Brescia Public Prosecutor's Office and Court of Ministers: the decision to shelve the case is an insult to the memory of our relatives, yet another gag in an Italy corroded by the code of silence that we have always fought against," added the group, saying they would take the issue to the civil courts.
    "We are disappointed and bitter," they said. (ANSA).