Right-wing CSM councilors ask probe agst leftwing head

(ANSA) - ROME, NOV 16 - Two rightwing counciloors of the judiciary's self-governing body CSM on Saturday asked for a disciplinary probe to be opened against the leader of the Italian judiciary's main left-wing faction for alleged anti-government statements and stances that allegedly breach the CSM's impartiality norms.
    The pair, Isabella Bertolini of the League and Claudia Eccher of Premier Giorgia Meloni's Brothers of Italy (FdI) party, said Democratic Magistrature head Stefano Musolino made anti-government statements on left-leaning La7 TV channel and also at a protest against the proposed Messina Bridge.
    The head of magistrates union ANM, Gisueppe Santalucia, condemned the two CSM councillors' move which comes amid a clash between the government and the judiciary over the executive's controversial new flagship policy of sending migrants to be processed in Albania.
    "This is no longer a demand for impartiality but a request for silence and it is not acceptable," said Santalucia.
    The government has accused judges of being politically motivated in annulling the detention of two batches of migrants taken to new processing centres in Albania.
    The judges ruled on the basis of a recent European Court of Justice ruling that their countries of provenance, Bangladesh and Egypt, were not wholly safe.
    Judges have asked the EU court whether the principle of the primacy of EU law should prevail if a conflict arises with Italian legislation in relation to an appeal case presented by an asylum seeker. (ANSA).