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May 12, 2020 "A nomination has been made, with the widest discretion and without any kind of conditioning". Thus the Minister of Justice Alfonso Bonafede in an information to the Chamber on the appointment of the head of the Dap in 2018 after the controversies triggered by the declarations of the prosecutor Nino Di Matteo. 

"Transparency and truth - he continued - are always the best antidotes for debates contaminated by lies and bad faith, debates such as that of the last 8 days concerning, in fact, the appointment of the DAP chief of 2018. I refer to the words of Doctor Di Matteo: I refer instead to the fact that on those words pronounced on Sunday 3 May 2020, the political and media debate has generated a congeries of chaotic and shameful allegations and suggestions institutionally and personally unacceptable ".

 "I had thought of reserving the post of Falcone for Di Matteo, I admit that I did not think about the organization chart of the roles. Doctor Di Matteo would have had the opportunity to work in Via Arenula, by my side. The mafia that lives on signs, he would have seen only that Di Matteo was inside the institutions, alongside the Minister of Justice. I learned with surprise the decision of Dr. Di Matteo and I informed him that I had already started the practices for Dr. Basentini ". So the Minister of Justice Alfonso Bonafede.

"There was no direct or indirect 'interference' in the appointment of the head of the department of penitentiary administration. Period! I am not willing to tolerate any allusion anymore: I owe it to myself but I owe it above all to the institutional position that I am honored to cover, "reiterated the Guardasigilli.

"Compact anti-mafia front"
"It is necessary to reassure all citizens who believe in the fight against the mafia because they know that the anti-mafia front remains compact," said Bonafede.

"With illusions no respect for victims"
A "conjecture of chaotic and shameful illusions and suggestions institutionally and personally unacceptable: there is a border and a limit to everything and for me, that border, in politics and outside politics is represented by mine good repute, as well as respect for others and the memory of those who died to serve this country. Well, this border has been widely crossed ".

This was stated by the Guardasigilli Alfonso Bonafede, in the Chamber, stressing that "the images of the mafia massacres thrown at random between a chat and another of improvised anti-mafia experts, the aura of mystery around nothing to evoke non-existent background, are all operations that disrespect the victims of those massacres and their families ".

"With dl close on release"
"The two law decrees approved within a week represent the best response of the State to guarantee a close on requests for release and, at the same time, bring the detainees back to the judge so that, given that the health framework is changed, all health issues are reevaluated, "has changed.

"On release from government ministry"
"Regarding the exploitation that someone will once again want to make about the now known releases, I remember that they were determined by decisions taken, in full autonomy and independence, by the competent magistrates (in most of cases for health reasons), on which, obviously, there has been no conditioning by the ministry or the government, "said the Minister of Justice.

"As known, the two decrees approved in a week represent the best response of the State to guarantee a tightening on the requests for release and, at the same time, to bring the detainees back to the judge so that, given that the health situation has changed, they will be reevaluated all health issues, "concluded the Guardasigilli.