(ANSA) - Rome, March 20 - The Senate on Wednesday voted no to
authorising prosecutors to proceed against Interior Minister
Matteo Salvini for allegedly kidnapping 177 migrants on board
the Diciotti Coast Guard ship in a standoff with the EU last
August.
The upper house voted by 237 votes to 61 with no abstentions
against lifting Salvini's parliamentary immunity to face
charges.
Salvini has always said he was acting in the national
interest in protecting Italy's borders in the case.
Senate votes no to Salvini Diciotti trial
By 237 votes to 61