Rome, June 9 (LaPresse) – “We do not want to underestimate this matter.” This was stated by Senate President Ignazio La Russa after meeting with the Senate quaestors regarding the Silvestro case. Regarding the Forza Italia senator involved in the affair, he said: “If the person concerned decides to send a letter with their version, it will be acquired, but I do not believe that it falls within the duties of the quaestors at this stage to hear the person concerned, nor the other person involved, whose identity is, moreover, protected by law in the most strict manner, nor do we have any reason or interest to act differently.” “The hope is that this matter will not affect the good name and image of an institution that we all tend to consider above the individual interests of each of us,” he added. “I explained that we do not have the power, unlike the Anti-Mafia Commission, to replace ourselves; indeed, we must normally stop while awaiting the judicial authority’s investigations, but we are not bound by the judicial authority once it has concluded, because there are behaviours under the code of conduct that may not constitute a crime but can still be sanctioned with censure or suspension. Therefore, we have a duty not to hinder the judicial authority, but we do not depend on its final outcome for our own decision, even if, for example—as I hope for the person involved—there is a dismissal of the case.” “We open a file and wait for the judiciary,” he continued. “I will propose to the quaestors in the Bureau that they be delegated to carry out all irretrievable checks, such as cameras, condition of the places, entry times, exit times—things that, perhaps in six months or a year, would be difficult to obtain.”
Silvestro case, La Russa: “We do not want to downplay the matter”
Rome, June 9 (LaPresse) – “We do not want to underestimate this matter.” This was stated by Senate President Ignazio La Russa after meeting with the Senate quaestors regarding the Silvestro case. Regarding the Forza Italia senator involved in the affair, he said: “If the person concerned decides to send a letter with their version, it will be acquired, but I do not believe that it falls within the duties of the quaestors at this stage to hear the person concerned, nor the other person involved, whose identity is, moreover, protected by law in the most strict manner, nor do we have any reason or interest to act differently.” “The hope is that this matter will not affect the good name and image of an institution that we all tend to consider above the individual interests of each of us,” he added. “I explained that we do not have the power, unlike the Anti-Mafia Commission, to replace ourselves; indeed, we must normally stop while awaiting the judicial authority’s investigations, but we are not bound by the judicial authority once it has concluded, because there are behaviours under the code of conduct that may not constitute a crime but can still be sanctioned with censure or suspension. Therefore, we have a duty not to hinder the judicial authority, but we do not depend on its final outcome for our own decision, even if, for example—as I hope for the person involved—there is a dismissal of the case.” “We open a file and wait for the judiciary,” he continued. “I will propose to the quaestors in the Bureau that they be delegated to carry out all irretrievable checks, such as cameras, condition of the places, entry times, exit times—things that, perhaps in six months or a year, would be difficult to obtain.”
