The Italian Constitution
safeguards and protects independent authorities, President
Sergio Mattarella said Thursday.
"Our Constitution permits overcoming obstacles and ensuring
the unity of society also because it has created a system in
which no one, on their own, can have too much power," he told
secondary school students at the presidential palace.
"There is a system that is based on the separation of powers,
on independent authorities, authorities that are not dependent
on political organs but which, having to govern technical
aspects, govern them by avoiding political choices, for the
protection of all".
Mattarella added that power can "inebriate" and therefore the
separation of powers into countervailing forces, as laid down in
the Constitution's checks and balances, was necessary.
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