The leader of the Lega
Matteo Salvini at the
bunker classroom of the Ucciardone prison in Palermo
for the preliminary hearing in which he is accused of kidnapping and refusal of an official document for having prohibited the landing in Lampedusa
, in August 2019, of 107 migrants rescued at sea by the ship of the Spanish NGO Open Arms.
The streets surrounding the bunker are armored, where a dozen demonstrators waited in vain for Salvini who reached the classroom from a secondary entrance.
The preliminary hearing against the former Minister of the Interior began with the request for the constitution of the civil parties. They asked for 7 of the migrants detained aboard the Catalan ship, Legambiente, Arci, the association Accoglie Rete, Democratic Jurists, Ciss, Open Arms, Mediterranea Saving Humans, Citizenship Active and the commander of the Spanish boat to be formed the Reig Creus berth. On the requests, Salvini's defense referred to the gup Lorenzo Jannelli who is examining the deeds of constitution. The accusation is represented by the prosecutor of Palermo Francesco Lo Voi, by the adjunct Marzia Sabella and by the prosecutor Gery Ferrara.