Presumption of innocence. Csm in Cartabia: ok but there are critical issues

2021-11-03T19:35:23.932Z

The opinion requested by the Minister of Justice Marta Cartabia on the draft legislative decree on the presumption of innocence passed by a large majority to the CSM, with only 2 votes against and three abstentions. The document expresses "appreciation for the positive transposition" of this principle, but also highlights "some technical criticalities", as summarized by the rapporteur Loredana Miccichè, official of the Independent Judiciary. Starting from the "risk that the correction procedure envisaged to eliminate references to guilt will excessively aggravate the judicial offices". Di Matteo: with presumption innocence gag at pm "We are moving towards a situation in which, until the final sentence, the trials on TV can only be carried out by the defendants and the relatives of the accused, while no news can be given by the prosecutors and the police. " Di Matteo, during the debate in plenum on the opinion, requested by the Minister of Justice Marta Cartabia, elaborated by the Sixth Commission of Palazzo dei Marescialli on the legislative decree on the presumption of innocence. "They can only inform the private parties, the relatives of Riina or Provenzano. on what they believe emerged from the investigations, will the commissioner, the carabiniere or the prosecutor no longer be able to do it? I - Di Matteo explained - do not vote for this opinion,because it does not move the necessary criticisms in such an important direction that it leads to a sort of public silence, before the final sentence. This directive leads to an illiberal turn, it is a gag, and I do not vote for an opinion that renounces criticism and indeed welcomes the restrictive turn. "