It is not up to the indicted (nor to their lawyers) to reform Justice

An appeal by Libertà e Giustizia (Freedom and Justice) an opinion group of leading Italian judges and intellectuals to defend Italian Constitution against the attacks by Berlusconi and his servant

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La riforma della Giustizia non la fanno gli imputati (né i loro avvocati)!

21 febbraio 2011 - 4 Commenti »

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Con stupefacente impudenza, un presidente del Consiglio, imputato in quattro processi per reati comuni, pretende di far ingoiare al paese l’introduzione di nuove leggi a suo uso e consumo, pomposamente etichettate come “riforma della giustizia”. È sufficiente uno sguardo ai temi di questa presunta riforma per rendersi conto che essa in nessun modo affronta i problemi veri della giustizia italiana, quelli che interessano tutti i cittadini, rivolgendosi invece esclusivamente a lenire le ossessioni del presidente del Consiglio: i pubblici ministeri, le intercettazioni, la tanto inseguita e mai raggiunta impunità. Né il presidente del consiglio esita a stravolgere la Costituzione e attaccare la Corte Costituzionale per risolvere i suoi problemi giudiziari.

Poiché i membri del governo e la maggioranza parlamentare sembrano non rendersi conto della macroscopica anomalia e improprietà di questa iniziativa, spetta ai cittadini italiani far sentire la loro voce e chiedere che il governo e il parlamento, memori delle loro funzioni istituzionali di organi che devono operare nell’esclusivo interesse del Paese, rifiutino di farsi asservire all’utilità e al potere di un singolo imputato.

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WEAPONS OF MAS DESTRUCTION: ITALIAN JUDGES

Today, during a press conference, but only a few journalists were given the floor, MUGABERLU* gave his own minute by minute account of what happened when his party submitted the list that was eventually rejected for the regional elections in Latium.

Funnily enough, his account differs from what his own staff had stated after the facts, even in front of televisions ( “I had gone to buy a sandwich” the guy had stated among others). And from what the police forces and judges had stated. But MUGABERLU did not care. He had to say his own version and had already arranged with the public TV channel 1, the Master’s voice, for them to show an animation of his account, almost on real time! And for sure his own TV channels will do the same so that the majority of the population that does not read newspapers will have his version only.

MUGABERLU tried to convince us that it was all the fault of judges, all communists and Talibans, as he said recently. He tried hard to show the judges as weapons of mass destruction of the Italian democracy, following what Colin Powel had done to justify the Iraq war.

Colin Powel was successful, but we know now that he was lying. MUGABERLU was not so convincing, and everybody knows that in any case he is a liar. We did not forget, as an example, the lies he had said about his young girl friend….

Long live to the Italian weapons of mass destruction !

Picture: Repubblica.it
*(see http://aprile25.blogspot.com/2010/03/mugaberlu.html)

SUBVERSION OF DEMOCRACY IN ITALY

(5 March 2010 - mourning democracy in Italy)


Have you ever had to meet deadlines?

To apply for a job, to pay a fine, to appeal a decision, to file taxes, to reimburse your loan, to vote?

Have you ever been fined for not observing time limits? Or have your requests ever been rejected for the same reason?

Companies are declared bankrupt when the fail to reimburse their loans. Not to talk about the hundred of thousand of US families who were evicted for the same reason.

Our life, since birth, is governed by deadlines, starting from the time limit to declare a new-born baby to the authorities.

And the majority of us have missed some deadlines and paid for it, in many ways.

The same applies for elections for public office. Electoral codes are very strict due to the strategic importance of elections. Even in Italy.

But not for MUGABERLU *

His party failed to submit on time the application for the next regional elections in Latium.

The list was rejected by the judges in charge of the procedures.

His party appealed.

The appeal was rejected.

MUGABERLU’s government issued an “interpretation” decree, with retroactive value in its views, to explain what the law really means (and not what everybody had thought and applied for more than 60 years!)

But such a decree is unconstitutional as, in Italy, Regions have the right to issue their own electoral codes for regional elections. In that case, the central government cannot overrule the regions (unless the regional law is not unconstitutional itself, which was not the case here).

The judges declared, surprise surprise that the decree could not apply to Latium.

MUGABERLU’s party filed again its request to be allowed to participate in the elections, thanks to the same decree. Other judges rejected the request.

And now MUGABERLU declares that his party suffered a violent injustice by the judges who applied the law and calls his supporters for a massive street demonstration. Sad memories of the twenties when Mussolini took the power with the support of part of the population.

Personal laws, as the 20 already approved in the interest of Berlusconi, are an abuse. Calling for popular demonstrations against one of fundamental component of the democratic state is subversion. Such a call by a Prime Minister is a coup d’état.

Italy is at the edge of totalitarism. When will the EU countries, the US react? When it will be too late, as usual? As when Mussolini and Hitler took the power? Democracy in Italy is in danger. Violence may erupt. The Italian democratic allies will be responsible if this happens.


*(see http://aprile25.blogspot.com/2010/03/mugaberlu.html)


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