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02 July 2019 "It is the meeting between the secular and the toga component, foreseen by the Constitution, which in my personal experience has enhanced the meeting between the judiciary and politics. I was part of this system sharing its strengths and weaknesses, of which, however, I can't take all the responsibilities myself. " Luca Palamara writes, involved in the investigation of Perugia on the robes, in his defensive memory presented to the disciplinary section of the CSM called to decide on his suspension. "Mistakes have certainly been made," he adds. The former president of the ANM also refused Piercamillo Davigo, another of the disciplinary judges, after Sebastiano Ardita, for having already made a harsh pronouncement on the matter. The hearing has been postponed until 9 July.

Dinners and autonomy
"It 's true I attended dinners and meetings on the occasion of the appointments and also on the occasion of the future and imminent appointment of the Prosecutor of Rome. But I would never have questioned the autonomy of the choice of the CSM", says Luca Palamara in defensive memory. "I am challenged that these moments were occasions 'to plan strategies and to damage the prerogatives of individual directors'. For me, however, they have always been, that is since 2007, only moments of free expression of ideas and opinions that would be remained and that in no way could have affected the autonomy of the plenum, the only sovereign body to make the choices ".

Foreign to interference
"I protest formally foreign to any form of interference since otherwise I should be accused of having done so also for the appointment of the most important judicial offices in our country, in the professional periods of my life when I did not directly hold the position of member of the CSM ". the PM Luca Palamara wrote again. "By virtue of the roles held, I have always had relationships not only within the judiciary but also with representatives of politics and institutions".

The appointment of the Rome prosecutor
"In the request for suspension of the minister it is stated that I would have illegally interfered in the appointment of the Rome prosecutor. It is a dispute that deeply pains me".

Unbridled race for careerism
"I was part of this system by sharing its strengths together with full awareness of the defects, of the existence of which, however, I cannot take on all the responsibilities on my own. In the council from 2014 to 2018 I proudly claim to have contributed to the appointment of important and valiant judges in the most important judicial offices in the country ", the document reads. "Mistakes have certainly been made, this was certainly affected by the unbridled race for careerism following the abolition of the criterion of seniority and the lowering of the retirement age to 70 years as well as the hierarchization of the requesting offices which increased the role and powers of the public prosecutor also in the relationship with the judicial police ".

I was a friend of Centofanti
"I never traded my function. I never received money, I never received gifts. However, I cannot deny a friendship with Centofanti that dates back to the disputed facts and has matured even with institutional visits".

Never filed dossier against Ielo
"I never built dossier on Paolo Ielo and I would never have done it," wrote Palamara. "On this point my defense is able to demonstrate that both the matter of the complaint, presented autonomously by Dr. Fava, and the so-called 'Condotte affair' refer, quite clearly, to different and temporally distant events of a year compared to to the investigation that the Prosecutor of Perugia conducts on the undersigned ".

Davigo also rejected
The lawyers of the prosecutor Luca Palamara, Mariano and Benedetto Buratti, filed an appeal against Piercamillo Davigo and Sebastiano Ardita, both members of the disciplinary section of the CSM for their declarations made last June 4 to the High Council of the judiciary. For these reasons, today's hearing was adjourned to 9 July. "On that occasion, the requests could be answered - explained the lawyers of Palamara - or a further postponement could be ordered until after the summer". In fact, "it will almost certainly come in September," said Mariano Buratti, one of Palamara's lawyers, at the end of the hearing that lasted about an hour. "Today was a hearing only on formal issues, we did not go into the merits which we are however ready to face," added Benedetto Buratti.

Rejection of the General Prosecutor's Cassation request
It will be the disciplinary section of the CSM to decide on the requests for recusal on the basis of what was decided today, rejecting the request of the General Prosecutor of the Cassation to send the documents to the United Sections of the Cassation.