Italian State attorneys have appealed
to the supreme Court of Cassation against several rulings by a
court in Catania which failed to uphold the detention of
migrants after finding that a government migrant decree was
illegitimate, the premier's office at palazzo Chicgi said
Monday.
Two of the rulings were made by a judge, Iolanda Apostolico, who
has been accused of bias because she attended a rally at the
port in 2018 calling for migrants held at sea by then interior
minister Matteo Salvini's closed ports policy to be allowed to
land.
Salvini, who is now deputy premier and transport minister,
posted a still of the video on social media.
Magistrates union ANM has accused the government of trying to
intimidate judges with its criticism of Apostolico.
Other judges, both in Catania and elsewhere, have made rulings
similar to Apsotolico's.
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