Italian President Sergio Mattarella
on Wednesday said Italy knows how to take care of itself after
Elon Musk the previous day wrote on his platform X that Rome
judges who nixed the detention of a second batch of migrants
subjected to Italy's controversial policy of taking migrants to
be processed in Albania needed to go.
"Italy is a great democratic country and I must reiterate that
it knows how to take care of itself, in the respect of its
Constitution", the Italian president said, quoting a previous
speech on October 7, 2022.
Mattarella went on to say that "anyone, particularly if, as
announced," they are "about to undertake an important government
role in a friendly and allied country, must respect sovereignty
and cannot claim the role of imparting provisions".
The Tesla, X and SpaceX owner Musk, who was appointed by US
President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday to head a newly created
government efficiency agency, wrote via X "these judges need to
go," on a user's post on the news of the suspension of the
validation of the detention of seven migrants decided by the
immigration section of the court of Rome.
The court referred the case to the European Court of Justice.
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