Justice Minister Carlo Nordio said
Friday that the more Italian magistrates attack his
Constitutional judicial reform plans to separate the career
paths of judges and prosecutors, the more the government would
push forward with the move, which would stop the two categories
swapping roles as they do now and which magistrates say is aimed
at bringing prosecutors under executive control.
Nordio, a former top prosecutor, has denied suggestions the
government means to exert future control of prosecutions.
The career separation move has received an initial OK from
parliament but will take a long time to complete as it
necessitates a change to Italy's Constitution.
Nordio said, via video link to a ceremony inaugurating the
judicial year of Italian penal chambers:
"We have finally managed to implement after many years that
separation of careers that the criminal chambers have always
carried as a banner of freedom and true culture of jurisdiction.
"We are almost halfway there, we intend to continue.
"The more they attack us and the more they try to intimidate us
in various ways, the more our will to push through with the
reform increases with greater strength, rigor and
determination".
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