The hearing of the trial that sees the Lega leader Matteo Salvini accused of kidnapping for preventing the NGO Open Arms ship from docking with 147 migrants rescued at sea opens this morning in the bunker classroom of the Pagliarelli prison. .
The hearing, dedicated to the admission of the lists of indictment and defense witnesses and documentary productions, takes place before the judges of the second section of the court.
The prosecutor quoted to testify, among others, the Minister of the Interior, Luciana Lamorgese, the former premier Giuseppe Conte and three members of his then government, the former deputy premier Luigi Di Maio, and the former transport ministers , Danilo Toninelli, and in defense, Elisabetta Trenta.
Some civil parties have also indicated actor Richard Gere among the witnesses, who in 2019 boarded the Open Arms while the ship was awaiting authorization to dock.
Salvini, who will be present at the hearing, during a press conference held yesterday in Palermo commented: "I hope the trial does not turn into a film festival. I think I am the only minister in Europe who goes to trial for having done one's duty ".
