Senate Speaker Ignazio La Russa on
Monday denied ever saying he wanted State attorneys to be under
the executive's control after an interview he gave to Rome daily
Repubblica on the role of the judiciary sparked a controversy.
"I never said nor thought that it is necessary to put
prosecutors under the executive", he said, commenting his
statements on the role of the judiciary.
"On the contrary, I clearly said that the majority, opposition
and judiciary must agree to resolve the issue of the limit
between political functions and those of the judiciary", he said
on the sidelines of the general assembly of Assolombarda.
La Russa said he "had suggested to define by mutual consent
limits to the extensive interpretation of laws, which is today
indefinite and causes quarrels" and, replying to a journalist's
question, said this could even be achieved "with a
constitutional law, if necessary".
Meanwhile Democratic Party (PD) Senate whip Francesco Boccia
said on Monday that the ruling coalition, and in particular La
Russa and Justice Minister Carlo Nordio, had not listened to the
words of President Sergio Mattarella who urged institutions on
Sunday to respect one another saying they " belong and respond
to the entire community and everyone must be able to recognize
themselves in them".
"Nordio didn't listen, La Russa didn't listen" when he
"questioned in a surprising interview the separation of powers".
Boccia invoked the risk of an "institutional clash" after
government members, and in particular Nordio, slammed a Rome
court decision not to validate the detention of a group of
migrants at newly opened Italian-run centres in Albania as part
of a government scheme for accelerated border procedures.
"And all this for moving 16 migrants treated like packages"
under a scheme "which cost nearly one billion (euros) - one
billion which could have been used for healthcare", said Boccia.
"President La Russa, the second highest office, must clarify if
he intends to put the judiciary under the executive - it would
be grave", the PD Senate whip said.
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