The head of the League party,
Matteo Salvini, said Wednesday that the party was suspending all
talks and meetings with Forza Italia (FI) chief Silvio
Berlusconi until they received an official explanation of the
latter's vote against a fast-track procedure for the Molteni
Law.
The law would cancel sentence reductions for serious crimes
including murder and rape.
FI voted against the procedure in the justice committee of
the Senate.
"This is shameful," Salvini added. "It is the latest in a
long strong of offenses to women and all the victims of
violence."
In response, Berlusconi said that he would not comment on the
matter for the time being and that "I want to meet with Salvini
and speak about these things with him. I never considered these
things. These are decision made by the parliamentary groups.
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