A purely legal issue can't become
personal, a Catania judge who struck down the government's
migrant decree and freed three Tunisians declaring the measure
incompatible with EU law said Monday after attacks alleging she
was biased against the government.
"I do not want to enter into the controversy, nor into the
merits of the matter," said Judge Iolanda Apostolico.
"My decision can be challenged by appeal to the 8supreme) Court
of Cassation, I don't have to defend it.
"It is not part of my duties.
"And then one should not turn a legal issue into a personal
matter".
Premier Giorgia Meloni has said she was astonished by the ruling
while her Brothers of Italy (FdI) party said Apostolico was
biased against the rightwing government.
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