League party stages pro-Salvini protest over Open Arms case

(ANSA) - ROME, OCT 18 - Members of Deputy Premier and Transport Minister Matteo Salvini's League party on Friday staged a protest in downtown Palermo to express solidarity with their leader after local prosecutors requested a six-year jail term for him on charges of abduction and refusal to perform public acts for refusing the disembarkation of 147 migrants rescued by the Open Arms vessel for 19 days when he was interior minister five years ago.
    Demonstrators Friday included Education Minister Giuseppe Valditara and Regional Affairs and Atonomy Minister Roberto Calderoli, as well as national and regional lawmakers and League members. (ANSA).