Magistrates not media - Mattarella

(ANSA) - Rome, September 25 - President Sergio Mattarella said Tuesday that Italy's magistrates are obliged only to serve the law and should not bow to media or political pressure when making decisions.
    He made the comments in a meeting with outgoing and incoming members of the Italian judiciary's self-governing body, the CSM.
    Mattarella stressed that the non-magistrate members of the CSM should be elected on the basis of their professionalism and skills and not be representatives of the parties that nominated them.