Premier Giorgia Meloni, Justice
Minister Carlo Nordio, Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi and
Cabinet Secretary with the intelligence brief Alfredo Mantovano
have decided to jointly appoint Giulia Bongiorno as the attorney
representing them in the case of Libyan judicial police
commander Najeem Osama Almasri Habish, well-informed sources
said Wednesday.
The choice "highlights the government's unity also in exercising
its right to defence", the sources said.
Bongiorno was seen entering the premier's office at Palazzo
Chigi on Wednesday morning.
Meloni on Tuesday said she had received notice of a probe into
possible aiding and abetting and embezzlement of public funds
from Rome chief prosecutor Francesco Lo Voi and that the same
notice of investigation had been sent to Nordio, Piantedosi and
Mantovano.
The notification was issued after attorney Luigi Li Gotti filed
a criminal complaint over the case.
The Tribunal of Ministers is set to examine the case to decide
whether to pursue it or shelve it.
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