Corruption, Cartabia: attention is needed, transpose the EU directive

"We still have to perfect the transposition, and it is necessary to do it as soon as possible, of the directive on whistleblowing, a precious tool to combat corruption, partly already present in our system thanks to the regulatory measures passed in 2012 and 2017". Minister Marta Cartabia said this in the Senate Chamber, in her report on the administration of justice, underlining that corruption requires "attention" and recalling the words on the subject of the head of state.

"We have the commitment to reduce the average length of the civil proceedings by 40%; and by 25% for the penalty within a period of five years. This was the point of agreement after weeks of negotiations with Brussels. today, we can undoubtedly say that we have achieved - and indeed exceeded - the objectives set for 31 December 2021, which included the approval of the proxy laws on civil and criminal proceedings; the interventions on insolvency and 'start of recruitment for the Process Office ".

"I am sure that in the coming weeks we will be able to make progress in writing this much-awaited reform chapter, which the Pnrr commits us to approve by 2022. The Chamber has already scheduled the discussion in the classroom and that deadline will have to be met. , as I have done in recent months and as all those with whom I have had discussions on the subject well know, to give my utmost willingness to speed up the course of this reform and to solicit its examination by the competent government bodies ". the Minister of Justice said in the Senate speaking of the "fundamental" reform of the CSM.

The first and most serious of all the problems in prisons "continues to be overcrowding: to date, out of 50,832 regulatory posts, of which 47,418 are effective, there are 54,329 inmates, with an overcrowding rate of 114%. It is a condition that exasperates the relations between prisoners and makes the work of prison operators more onerous, starting with that of the prison police, too often the victim of aggression ", underlined the Minister of Justice.