The government is accelerating its move towards a judicial reform referendum, believing that the polls are leaning heavily towards Yes, especially given the decline in public confidence in the justice system in recent years. Therefore, the intention is “not to politicize too much”, as Minister Nordio said. And not bringing those consultations into the realm of the opposition hoping to turn resistance into a push against the executive. The idea is to encourage debate about the distortions that have led to dissatisfaction over time. The main focus is on several cases that have contributed to distrust of the category. Among the “weapons” leveled by the majority against “unjustified justice” remains the wastefulness of the Palamara system, which three years ago exposed the current distribution method, which reform advocates plan to eliminate with the withdrawal of two new CSMs. However, there is also a lot of recent news. Regardless of whether these cases have anything to do with the need to separate the careers of those who investigate and the careers of those who prosecute, they are still seen as symbols of the dysfunction of a particular system.
Above all, Garlasco, broadcast live every day on television, for its serious implications and contradictions: a man definitively convicted of the murder of Chiara Poggi, having been imprisoned for ten years; a new investigation uncovering an alleged wormhole in the District Attorney’s Office that had been investigating the crime; alleged bribery, accused judge, sensational misconduct. And then the other suspects for the murder, are presumed innocent until proven guilty. The media impact of a similar short circuit in terms of the referendum has not been lost on the centre-right, reduced to a question that goes something like this: “If you don’t think justice works, vote yes”. In Yes’s arsenal there is also an investigation into Milan’s urban planning that took place in the summer with a series of arrests, and a scenario that seems to have exposed a system of corruption under the shadow of skyscrapers and Palazzo Marino. The Prosecutor’s allegations were accepted by the investigating judge but then became a crisis, first by the Court of Judicial Review which overturned the precautionary measures of the three suspects, then by the Supreme Court itself, which declared the Prosecutor’s appeal “inadmissible” due to the absence of serious evidence. And in the last few hours, there has been a new chapter in the clash between politics and the judiciary, with the case of children taken from a family living in the Palmoli forest by the Children’s Court. Salvini attacked the judges and there was speculation that ministry inspectors would be sent.
Finally, there is more and more controversy regarding this matter
The Napoli prosecutor, Nicola Gratteri, who had read the fake interview with Giovanni Falcone on TV: “They were wrong – attacking Fdi referring to the cape – they did not apologize and relaunched. It is time to change. Let’s reform justice”.
