With 13 votes in favor of the report of the president, Maurizio Gasparri (FI), 7 against and 3 senators who did not participate in the vote, the Senate Immunity Committee rejected the request for authorization to proceed against the former minister of the Matteo Salvini on the Open Arms case.
Among the 13 votes in favor of the report, in addition to the 5 of the League, the 4 of Fi, one of Fdi and one of the Autonomies, also that of the former M5s senator Mario Michele Giarrusso and that of the M5S senator Alessandra Riccardi.
“The Senate Council has voted establishing that Salvini has done his duty, he has acted for public and not private interests “. So comments the leader of the League Matteo Salvini live on facebook. “No to the landing of 161 immigrants from the Spanish NGO Open Arms, the Senate Council has just voted (13 to 7) that I have only done my duty, in the interest of the Italian people. Thanks to them, and thanks to you. Now the word goes to the Senate room, let’s see if Pd and 5Stelle will insist on the trial “, adds Salvini.
“Iv has decided not to take part in the vote on the Open Arms affair: we therefore turn to the courtroom. In our opinion, there was no serious investigation, as we had requested both in this case and in the previous Gregoretti affair. The motivation the main reason why Italia Viva decides not to participate in the vote, however, lies in the fact that, from the complex of the documentation produced, the exclusive traceability of the disputed facts does not seem to emerge, “said the group leader of Italia Viva in Francesco Bonifazi has arrived.
“It was necessary – Bonifazi had argued – to receive indications on the real risks of terrorism and on the state of health regarding the boats blocked at sea by the former Interior Minister, which have not arrived. The main reason why Italia Viva decides not to participate however, the vote resides in the fact that, from all the documentation produced, the exclusive traceability of the disputed facts does not seem to emerge. Otherwise, it seems that the decisions taken by the latter have always met, directly or indirectly The government endorsement. There are therefore many doubts that still remain in the Open Arms case. It would have been appropriate for these uncertainties to have been clarified by means of further preliminary investigation. Therefore, at the state of the art, Italia Viva, consistently with the positions held in the previous votes, and in the absence of the required preliminary elements, decides not to participate to vote. “
“After masochistically saving the Minister of Justice”, the decision by Italia Viva di Renzi not to participate in the vote was “courageous and correct on the authorization to the trial of Matteo Salvini allowing in fact the certainty on the refusal to a manifestly unfair trial “. Forza Italia MP, Michaela Biancofiore.
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