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Deputy Premier and Transport Minister
Matteo Salvini said Saturday that the opposition of a limited
number of magistrates must not be allowed to block the
government's justice reforms.
He said there "must be no taboos" over this issue.
"Justice reform is urgent because the Italians need it," he
said.
"We want to pass it quickly without excluding anyone.
"That means listening to everyone and involving everyone.
"Faster justice is good for the magistrates too".
Magistrates union ANM has blasted the government's plans to
separate the careers of Italian prosecutors and judges, so that
it is no longer possible to switch from one role to the other.
It has also criticised a justice-reform bill that seeks to
abolish the crime of abuse of office, change the felony of
influence peddling, clamp down on the publication of information
obtained from wiretaps and the cancel prosecutors' rights to
appeal against acquittals for many minor crimes.
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