Never questioned the institution of 41 bis.
Minister Carlo Nordio said in his report to the Chamber on the case of Alfredo Cospito.
"
The possibility of changing this legislation is non-existent
".
Alfredo Cospito is at 41 bis on the basis of an investigation from which it emerged that
"the prisoner has provided a positive demonstration of being perfectly capable of connecting with the outside world even while in constant detention"
.
The head of justice said.
"The legal position of the Cospito prisoner is complex", recalling that the opinion of the judicial authority is necessary for the revocation of the 41bis.
On Cospito's 41 bis
"it is the prevailing opinion that the minister cannot pronounce himself before having acquired the opinions of the competent judicial authorities"
.
He specified.
"The Pg of Turin let us know by telephone that
he is unable to send us his opinion today but tomorrow
, so I am unable to answer the question today" on the request for revocation of the 41bis made to the ministry by Alfredo's defense Cospito, said the minister.
In fact, the ministry awaits the opinions of the prosecutor proceeding on the merits against Cospito and DNA.
"We would open a dam to a whole series of pressures from prisoners who are in the same state" of detention if Cospito's "state of health" ended up being a conditioning in the easing of the 41bis, said the minister on the Cospito case .
"The state of health of a detainee cannot put pressure"
on the government, added the minister.
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All the deeds referable to prisoners in 41 bis are by their nature sensitive. For this reason, for the purposes of an ostension, a prior verification is required
".
added Nordio.
"The deeds concerning detainees under 41 bis are generally of a sensitive nature. "Starting from this data, however, there are a plurality of aspects that deserve further investigation: we need to see what type of deeds they are dealing with, what level of secrecy they have, if and who could have knowledge of them and if the recipient could disclose and share them with third parties".
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Baaaah!".
The centre-left deputies shouted it in chorus at the end of the report by Justice Minister Carlo Nordio
, expressing their disappointment at not having received the answers they expected.
Applause from the centre-right in the lower house
when Justice Minister Carlo Nordio said that a prisoner's state of health cannot be used to put pressure on the state.
