Justice reform: the text approved in the Council is preparing to arrive in Parliament

Justice reform: the text approved in the Council is preparing to arrive in Parliament

The climate is not the best around justice reform.
Why sure, the text approved last week in the Council of Ministers is preparing to arrive in Parliament and the center-right supports the reform.

But the Minister of Justice, Carlo Nordio, is subjected to criticism from a section of the judiciary without this circumstance eliciting the united defense of the majority and the government.
A dynamic that culminated on Saturday in the harsh back and forth of the Keeper of the Seals against the ANM and in the reply from the association of robes. An attack, that of the owner of via Arenula, which would not have been appreciated by the upper floors of Palazzo Chigi. So much so that there are rumors of a phone call - unconfirmed - between Meloni herself and the minister. And it is clear that the Keeper of the Seals' mood is not the best Enrico Costa of IV: “For days various magistrates have been challenging the minister, in the silence of Palazzo Chigi. Be careful – he observes – if Nordio gets annoyed he will say goodbye to you”. A relationship, that between the Prime Minister and Nordio, which in the past has also seen some tension culminating in a clarifying meeting.

The text of the reform is announced by the Minister for Relations with Parliament Luca Ciriani, it should be stamped on Monday and arrive in the House the following day. But we will get to the heart of the discussion this week. The reform process promises to be complicated with the opposition already promising to fight: “We mayors with the ANCI were asking for a reform of the crime of abuse of office. Not the 'clean sweep' typical of Berlusconi's politics, which aims for impunity. We are guaranteeists, not Berlusconi supporters", the mayor of Bologna makes clear Matteo Lepore, which in fact anticipates the battle that the Democratic Party intends to wage on the part regarding abuse of office.

The Five Star Movement is also on a war footing. It is directly clear that the party is not available to grant discounts Giuseppe Conte: “Don't be fooled by the debate on abuse of office – he made clear during his party's rally on Saturday – . Today the abolition of that crime only means that you want to make recommendations in competitions and hiring legitimate even among the public, and who is favored? Friends and the usual rich and powerful”.

However, no surprise should come from the majority and in particular from the two allies, Lega and Forza Italia. The spotlight is on Fi in particular and on the repercussions that Berlusconi's disappearance will have on the holding of the parliamentary groups. The party reassures that there will be no blitz attempts on Nordio's text; indeed, the Azzurri claim many of the decisions made.

In line with what the Cavaliere has always preached: the crackdown on wiretapping and the rule on abuse of office are two flags that the Azzurri claim as their historic battles: “The justice reforms will go forward and will continue with the separation of careers and the end of the bullfight of politicized robes within the CSM”, lets know Maurizio Gasparri already shifting attention to the autumn when the second part of the reform put in place by the Keeper of the Seals should arrive. Justice reform aside, the first warnings are coming from the Azzurri on another issue, Berlusconi's strong point: the increase in minimum pensions. The pressure on the government has already started, not only from Fi, but also from the League and the hypothesis that the (little) money available ends up only on cutting the wedge is a possibility that Meloni's allies would not be ready to accept.