Justice Undersecretary Andrea
Delmastro said after being convicted of revealing classified
information and getting a suspended eight-month term that the
sentence was politically motivated and it would not stop him,
Justice Minister Carlo Nordio and the rest of the centre right
from reforming Italy's judicial system to separate the career
paths of judges and prosecutors so they can no longer switch
between the two.
"A political sentence! Sentences are not commented on, but
political ones speak for themselves! And this sentence speaks
for itself!," Delmastro said on social media.
"After the prosecution asked for acquittal three times, here
comes a sentence of condemnation based on nothing! Do they want
to say that the reforms must stop? They have the wrong address!
Do they want to say that the Democratic Party is untouchable?
They have the wrong address. I did not betray my ideals: I
defended harsh prison for terrorists and mafiosi. I did not
betray! And the Italians know it! I anxiously await the reasons
for appealing and seeking a judge in Berlin. And from tomorrow
onwards with the reforms to deliver a different justice to our
children."
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