"We believe that divisive issues should be pushed aside at this stage. We have therefore withdrawn our statute of limitations. At the moment there are other priorities before Parliament." Enrico Costa, Fi deputy, explains it in a note, referring to the amendments to the wiretapping decree now under discussion in the Justice Committee in the Chamber.
There are about 200 amendments to the wiretapping decree presented in the Justice Committee in the Chamber. The measure, already approved with the confidence of the Senate, is expected tomorrow morning in the Chamber in Montecitorio.
"We hope to do it", assured the president of the commission, Francesca Businarolo (M5s). The amendments are all from the opposition. "A couple have been introduced by the force-worker Costa and they have to do with the prescription", explained Businarolo. In all likelihood, trust will also be placed in the Chamber tomorrow.
However, Fi requests that the provision be set aside to make room for the Coronavirus decree. A request branded as a pretext by M5s.
"It is right to go ahead with the work of the commission precisely because of the sense of responsibility to which the oppositions are appealing, perhaps even avoiding the obstructions". So the deputy Pd, Walter Verini, in the Justice Committee in the Chamber, replied to the oppositions that asked for a stop of the work on the wiretapping dl in light of the coronavirus emergency.
"All the commissions will be at work," Verini said, adding that "it was not the majority that made the prescription a crucial issue, but it was the opposition".