Positons were unchanged after long
talks Wednesday between the government and magistrates' union
ANM on the government's plans to reform the justice sector by
separating the career paths of judges and prosecutors so they
can no longer switch between the two roles, a move the ANM
claims, despite repeated government denials, is aimed at
bringing prosecutors under executive control.
ANM President Cesare Parodi said his organisation would continue
to try to fight the reform while the government had said it
would push ahead with the reform, which requires Constitutional
changes and thus will be put to a referendum, after the
discussions with Premier Giorgia Meloni and other government
members including Justice Minister Carlo Nordio, the prime mover
behind the reform plan.
"It was a long meeting in which there was a long exchange of
opinions that, I must say, did not lead to substantial changes
in our positions and even less in those of the government",
Parodi said.
"I believe it was not useless because we had the opportunity to
explain in detail the specific, technical and legal reasons that
lead us to absolutely not agree with this reform. We did it. And
we took note very clearly of the government's will to move
forward without any hesitation, and any changes on the point".
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