The case of Justice Undersecretary
Andrea Delmastro at the centre of recent tension between the
government and magistrates is "political", Premier Giorgia
Meloni said on Wednesday.
Speaking in Vilnius at the end of the NATO summit Meloni told
reporters she had merely taken note "of what seemed to me to be
anomalies", adding that she "recognised herself" in the
statement issued last Thursday by Palazzo Chigi sources"
criticizing the decision of a Rome preliminary investigations
judge to order Delmastro's indictment for alleged disclosure of
classified information, rejecting the request from prosecutors
for the probe to be shelved.
"Objectively, I was very struck by the issue of Delmastro, it is
a political issue, it concerns a member of the government in the
exercise of his office," said Meloni.
"As I see it, proceedings involving the two sides with the judge
in a third party role means that the judge should not take the
place of the prosecutor," she continued.
"I say this because I think this is the sense of the statements
made by the justice ministry," she added, referring to separate
criticism of the judge's indictment ruling by the ministry
headed by Carlo Nordio.
On Friday sources at the justice ministry described the decision
as
"unreasonable" and said it demonstrated "the irrationality of
our system".
"'The prosecution will merely insist in the request for is
acquittal consistent with its request for the probe to be
shelved," said the sources.
"What is needed is a radical reform that fully implements the
prosecution system," the sources added.
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