The ministers from the
anti-establishment 5-Star Movement (M5S) should weigh quitting
after Mario Draghi's government pinned a confidence vote to a
judicial reform the M5S says would mean too many trials being
timed out under a new, shorter statute of limitations, Youth
Policy Minister Fabiana Dadone said Friday.
The option of resigning unless there are improvements in the
bill "is something to be evaluated with (new leader and
ex-premier) Giuseppe Conte", she told RAI State broadcaster's
third channel.
Italy's top two mafia prosecutors have said the reform in its
current form is a threat to national security.
'Ndrangheta prosecutor Nicola Gratteri says half of Italy's
trials will be timed out by the reform, which sets a two-year
limit on the statute for first appeals, and a further one-year
limit on appeals to the supreme court.
Dadone said "everyone's goal is certainly not guaranteeing
impunity in certain cases, but speeding up trials. I don't think
the statute issue reaches that objective in its current form. We
expect a constructive discussion, and we'll see what decisions
to take".
Italy has promised to speed its snail-paced justice system as a
condition for receiving some 191.5 billion of European funding
for its post-COVID National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRRP),
and also to stop businesses being scared of investing in the
country.
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