The whips of centre-left opposition
parties in the Lower House are set to send a letter to Speaker
Lorenzo Fontana asking for a session on Wednesday at which
Justice Minister Carlo Nordio and Interior Minister Matteo
Piantedosi will report on the case of Libyan official Osama
Almasri to be broadcast live on television, parliamentary
sources said Tuesday.
The centre-left party whips in the Lower House made the move
after learning the Senate session on Almasri will be broadcast
live.
The centre-left's request for a live broadcast in the House,
which needs a unanimous vote, was previously rejected because it
was not favoured by some members of the majority coalition, the
Minister for Relations with Parliament Luca Ciriani said.
Nordio and Piantedosi are set to report to the House at 12:15
and the Senate at 15:30 on Wednesday.
The letter said there was no "plausible motive" for the
different way in which the parliamentary debates would be
managed by the two Houses, "especially in relation to such a
grave and relevant case for the country".
It was signed by MPs Chiara Braga (Democratic Party, PD),
Riccardo Ricciardi (Five-Star Movement, M5S), Luana Zanella
(Green-Left Alliance, AVS), Matteo Richetti (Azione), Davide
Faraone (Italia Viva) and Riccardo Magi (+Europa).
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