Rome, 30 July (LaPresse) – “I must say that this is a procedure that is not only unprecedented but also anomalous.” So said Forza Italia’s parliamentary group leader in the Chamber of Deputies, Enrico Costa, following the postponement of the examination of the request for authorisation to access the chat messages between former FdI Under-Secretary of State for Justice Andrea Delmastro and Mauro Caroccia, which had been scheduled for today in the Chamber of Deputies. “I,” he emphasised, “have been on the Authorisations Committee for many years and have never seen a situation where, an hour before the vote, new documents arrived from a public prosecutor’s office and the process was halted even though the Authorisations Committee had already drawn up its opinion, on which the Chamber was due to vote. Let us consider a different scenario in the future. Let’s suppose there is a request for the arrest of a Member of Parliament, that the Authorisations Committee gives its opinion, that the matter reaches the Chamber, and that perhaps that MP’s lawyer submits a brief to the public prosecutor’s office. What does the public prosecutor’s office do? Does it forward it to the Chamber, bringing the Chamber to a standstill and paralysing the process? Be careful, because this could set a precedent for delaying tactics.” “At some point we must make a decision; we also have deadlines for resolving these matters. Obviously, all the necessary preliminary investigations must have been carried out.” Incidentally, “from what I understand, the public prosecutor’s office appears to have said: ‘I am forwarding the brief I received from the defence team of a person under investigation, which I have not opened myself and which probably contains the chat logs; open it yourselves if you wish’,” concludes Costa.
Delmastro case: Forza Italia opposes referral to the committee: “Anomalous procedure”
Rome, 30 July (LaPresse) – “I must say that this is a procedure that is not only unprecedented but also anomalous.” So said Forza Italia’s parliamentary group leader in the Chamber of Deputies, Enrico Costa, following the postponement of the examination of the request for authorisation to access the chat messages between former FdI Under-Secretary of State for Justice Andrea Delmastro and Mauro Caroccia, which had been scheduled for today in the Chamber of Deputies. “I,” he emphasised, “have been on the Authorisations Committee for many years and have never seen a situation where, an hour before the vote, new documents arrived from a public prosecutor’s office and the process was halted even though the Authorisations Committee had already drawn up its opinion, on which the Chamber was due to vote. Let us consider a different scenario in the future. Let’s suppose there is a request for the arrest of a Member of Parliament, that the Authorisations Committee gives its opinion, that the matter reaches the Chamber, and that perhaps that MP’s lawyer submits a brief to the public prosecutor’s office. What does the public prosecutor’s office do? Does it forward it to the Chamber, bringing the Chamber to a standstill and paralysing the process? Be careful, because this could set a precedent for delaying tactics.” “At some point we must make a decision; we also have deadlines for resolving these matters. Obviously, all the necessary preliminary investigations must have been carried out.” Incidentally, “from what I understand, the public prosecutor’s office appears to have said: ‘I am forwarding the brief I received from the defence team of a person under investigation, which I have not opened myself and which probably contains the chat logs; open it yourselves if you wish’,” concludes Costa.
