Justice, a public intervention on the reform. Meloni’s strategy for a truce with the magistrates – Corriere.it

Break the siege. And also the silence. Contribute to calming down the tone, so that relations between politics and justice return to what they were before the clash over the investigations that see the minister Daniela Santanchè and the undersecretary at the center Andrea Delmastro. Giorgia Meloni is not convinced that she can obtain any advantage for the government by taking the country back thirty years, to the war between Berlusconi and the robes. She wants to complete the justice reform, but does not consider it useful to do so in a climate of permanent guerrilla warfare. “Reforms will be carried out that must be carried out without holding back and without hesitation – it is the line that Melons gave to the “brothers”—. Nothing will be added out of punishment or spite, nor anything taken away out of fear.”

The Ignazio La Russa case is also embarrassing the government. Not so much for the accusation of rape received by the third son Leonardo Apache and considered by the allies “a private matter”, but for the reaction of the second office of state which has outraged the opposition (and not only). In this torrid climate, the prime minister is looking for a way to put water on the fire, which some members of the majority continue to stoke. Maurice Gasparri he pointed the finger at the “attitudes outside the confines of the Constitution” of some judges and Tommaso Foti accused the magistrates of seeking confrontation to stop the reform.

Giorgia Meloni, who appears under strong pressure, thinks of a public intervention or a text written to clarify the government’s line after Thursday’s very harsh note, with which «sources from Palazzo Chigi» accused a «bracket of the judiciary» of having taken the field against the executive. The premier will respond more or less directly to the ANM, which through the mouth of the president Giuseppe Santalucia reproached Palazzo Chigi and via Arenula of wanting to “delegitimize” and “strike to the heart” of the judiciary. Meloni has been working for days to find the right formulas, which do not have the flavor of attack nor of surrender, but which sound like a call to bring the confrontation back into the sphere of civilization and fairness.

The Undersecretary to the Presidency of the Council, Alfredo Mantovano, works in the direction of the truce. For days the magistrate with office on the upper floors of Palazzo Chigi has been suggesting prudence, because “this clash is not in anyone’s best interest”. The Melonians’ accusation of having opened the electoral campaign for the Europeans early still burns, but even the robes seem to want a break. Or at least, this is the message that the bridges of the government conveyed to the leader of the Right during the weekend, in which Meloni also disconnected and took a few hours of rest after a week of very strong tensions.

The Quirinale follows with worried attention the tug of war between state institutions, which agitates the political world and risks destabilizing the majority. In the hours of maximum tension with the judiciary, no phone call from Colle reached Palazzo Chigi and not only because the councilor for legal affairs Daniel Cabra
s he was traveling with the head of state. President Sergio Mattarella has returned from South America with the firm intention of staying out of the dispute, but in the coming days, when he has weighed up the developments in the ongoing conflict, he could make his voice heard.

The justice reform signed by Carlo Nordio is being examined by the technical offices of the Quirinale and in a few days it will be up to Mattarella to evaluate the text and decide whether to give the green light for the examination by Parliament, which will start from the Senate. The hope of the mediators is that the landing of the bill in the Commissions and then in the Chamber will contribute to defuse the tension and to restore the comparison on the merits of the norms. The embarrassment remains within the majority for the position of Santanchèwhich he will talk about again tonight Reportson RaiTre. If the minister is indicted, the prime minister will evaluate with her the opportunity to take a step back. But one thing for Palazzo Chigi is certain: «It won’t be a TV program to decide his political destiny».

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