The head of the National Association
of Magistrates (ANM), the judiciary's union, Giuseppe
Santalucia, on Monday said allegations of a "plot, a subversive
action by magistrates" are extremely grave, commenting reports
that Premier Giorgia Meloni's sister Arianna, who is also head
of the secretariat of her sister's rightwing Brothers of Italy
(FdI) party, was the subject of unknown probes possibly linked
to her involvement in key appointments.
"There is talk of a plot, or a subversive action by magistrates
and this is very grave", Santalucia told Sky Tg24.
"We are getting used to the fact that political power states
that an obscure hypothesis" that has not been proven about
probes on Arianna Meloni "is plausible", leading to a "series of
statements against magistrates", he added.
Last month, Premier Meloni said she considered "very plausible"
an editorial published by Milan daily Il Giornale claiming that
media hostile to the government, the left and some prosecutors
were allegedly scheming against her sister.
The editorial penned by il Giornale's editor Alessandro
Sallusti - whose headline read: "They want to investigate
Arianna Meloni" - cited, among others, media reports on Arianna
Meloni's alleged involvement in key public-sector appointments.
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