Justice, Draghi collects the agreement on the reform of the criminal trial

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Time.news – There is an agreement on the penal reform. With the yes of the 5 stars. And the arrival in the House is postponed to Sunday afternoon. It comes in extremis, at the end of one very long day of negotiations, stop and go and threats to blow the bank. Prime Minister Mario Draghi, in close connection with the Keeper of the Seals Marta Cartabia, sought an agreement until the last, putting in place a mediation between the various positions – at times even very distant – with the crossed vetoes of the political forces that in some moments they risked blocking the reform. But the premier’s line, as told by several sources of the majority, has never departed from the reaffirmed need for approve the penal bill at least in the first reading before the summer break.

A guarantee given in Brussels, within the deadlines of the NRP. Asking responsibility and a small step back from all the protagonists. But precisely noting that the commitment had to be kept. And in fact, while the negotiation seemed to have gotten bogged down, the Chamber was already speculating on the two options in the field: reform in the Chamber with an armored political agreement, or reform in the Chamber, in the original text of the Bonafede bill, without agreement and with a government amendment containing the first changes signed Cartabia, and who is there is. Then the release of the impasse – essentially centered on the Mafia trials – and the agreement.

Crimes of mafia and terrorism, special regime for those with mafia aggravating circumstances, cannot be described and therefore excluded from the mechanism of non-prosecution. In particular, for mafia aggravating circumstances, a term of 6 years on appeal would be envisaged until 2024, while from 2025 this term would be set at 5 years. Therefore, the so-called ‘Serracchiani award’ on the transitional rule also passes. And from the Democratic Party they claim the mediation work carried out in the CDM by the dem exponents.

Unanimous green light in the Council of Ministers

Several times postponed and suspended, therefore, the Council of Ministers finally gave the unanimous go-ahead to the changes to be made to the text of the provision with thel approval of the 5-star Movement. A ‘suffered’ yes, it is explained, so much so that the leader in pectore Giuseppe Conte is keen to clarify: “It is not our reform but we have worked to make a contribution to improve it”. Moreover, until shortly before the green light on the CDM, dissatisfaction with the contents of the first draft of the modification filtered from the 5 stars. And there were already those who hypothesized abstention in the CDM and was not excluded even in the Chamber, where the government remains willing to place trust.

Simultaneously with the feverish negotiations that were being conducted at Palazzo Chigi, the Justice Commission remained ‘frozen’ in the Chamber, waiting to understand whether the agreement would come or not. The president Mario Perantoni, faced with the “objective impossibility and difficulty” of continuing the examination of the provision, then wrote to the president Roberto Fico, placing in the hands of the conference of the group leaders – in turn suspended and updated until after the CDM – the decision on the timing of the examination in the Chamber: on Friday, as foreseen the initial calendar, it is impossible to start the general discussion, the meaning of the observations of President Perantoni.

And in fact, already in the first part of the group leader’s meeting it was assumed that the arrival in the Chamber would be postponed to Sunday. Date then officially confirmed: from 2 pm the criminal bill will be in the Chamber, then the preliminary question of Alternative there will be voted on. The same evening, it is explained by majority sources, the government should place the trust, to vote on it on Monday evening. Then on Tuesday the final vote on the measure. The commission will meet tomorrow morning, technical times to receive the text of the changes, then we will proceed with the examination on the merits: the majority forces will withdraw all the amendments, except for those agreed. But between tomorrow and Saturday at the latest, the commission should dismiss the text for the Chamber.

The comments of the political forces

The long day of negotiations ends with the various parties claiming victory over the agreement reached and the decisive role in mediation. “Satisfaction with the reform of justice: as requested by the League, the trials will not risk going up in smoke for mafia, drug trafficking and sexual violence. And now full speed ahead with the referendums that will complete the profound change requested by the citizens “, Matteo Salvini and Giulia Bongiorno exult almost first.” Justice reform that brings us closer to Europe and makes great progress in terms of modernity and effectiveness. Cartabia has found the right balance to overcome the previous reform without falling into impunity. We spent our time on the deal. We are happy about it “, writes the Pd leader Enrico Letta on social networks, who then adds:” Accelerate the processes, guarantee sufficient structures for the operators of justice, avoid any risk of impunity. The balance found by the Draghi government makes the justice reform better. We asked for it and we spent the whole deal on the deal. Good”.

“The dear extinct is the Bonafede reform that is no more from tonight. You can’t be charged for life anymore. The reform is a small part, there is still a very long job to do, but now we have closed the Bonafede “, says Matteo Renzi.” We said that we could not compromise for the trials for mafia and terrorism: it is a result that we have obtained. The trials for mafia and terrorism do not dissolve into thin air, they do not die out. We also obtained an amendment on the trials for aggravated sexual violence that cannot be prescribed “, underlines Giuseppe Conte. And Luigi Di Maio adds:” The contribution of the 5 Star Movement, as always, has been decisive. “Forza Italia also expresses satisfaction:” We have overcome the obstacle more difficult for this government, thanks to the precious work of President Draghi and Minister Cartabia. It was not easy for such a heterogeneous majority to find a synthesis on an important reform such as that of justice “, observes Mariastella Gelmini. Cartabia mediation ensures that “the goal of swift trials is achieved but without any trial going up in smoke”.

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