ANM to discuss opposition to judicial reform with Meloni

(ANSA) - ROME, FEB 14 - The central executive committee of the judiciary's union, the National Association of Magistrates (ANM), said on Friday that it will discuss with Premier Giorgia Meloni at a meeting scheduled on March 5 the reasons behind its radical opposition to a planned government reform to separate the career paths of judges and prosecutors so they can no longer switch between the two.
    "We are happy to be able to meet the prime minister next March 5", ANM's central executive committee said.
    "We will discuss with her the reasons of the radical opposition to the constitutional reform on the separation of careers.
    "We are concerned and we believe that the safeguard of the jurisdiction is an absolute emergency for the entire national community. "We will moreover ask to also meet, as soon as possible, the parliamentary groups of the majority and opposition in order to discuss clearly and with exhaustiveness our point of view to all political forces.
    "It is a passage that we consider to be a duty and urgent", concluded ANM.
    Italian magistrates are set to strike on February 27 against the planned reform, which received its first green light from the Lower House last month, one of at least four parliamentary votes necessary to approve the constitutional bill.
    Earlier this month, Meloni agreed to meet the new head of ANM amid a dispute over the controversial reform and amid a string of other political-judicial issues in Italy.
    Rightwing Brothers of Italy (FdI) leader Meloni responded positively to a request for a meeting with the government by the newly elected head of the ANM, Cesare Prodi, who is a member of a right-wing faction of the union, Magistratura Indipendente.
    (ANSA).