Constitutional Court President
Giorgio Lattanzi said Friday that the criticism the court has
come under over a controversial decision on people serving life
sentences had reached unacceptable levels.
On Wednesday the court said that a failure by mafia lifers to
turn state's evidence should not disallow furloughs and bonus
permits.
"Criticism is sacrosanct and healthy, even when it is
directed at the Constitutional Court," Lattanzi said in Naples.
"But criticism is one thing, an attack is another.
"I've heard it said that the lifer sentence was disgusting
and this is unacceptable".
League leader and former interior minister Matteo Salvini
called the decision disgusting.
But he was not alone in criticising it.
Centre-left Democratic Party (PD) leader Nicola Zingaretti
said "it's a bit of a bizarre sentence, I don't feel in line
with what it laid down".
Longtime anti-mafia prosecutor Sebastiano Ardita said the
sentence spelled a risk that Cosa Nostra might reorganise, "if
the exception becomes the rule".
Earlier this month the European Court of Human Rights
(ECHR) on Tuesday ruled that Italy must reform its law on life
imprisonment which states that inmates cannot have time off
unless they collaborate with justice.
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