The meeting between the President of the Senate, Ignazio La Russa and Roberto Salis, Ilaria's father - according to what we learn - was held in Milan and ended around 1pm.
"From the meeting scheduled for Monday with the ministers Tajani and Nordio expects progress to be made on the path taken in the last week":
this is what
Roberto Salis, the father of Ilaria, told ANSA
, the 39-year-old from Milan who has been in prison in Budapest for almost a year on charges of having attacked two neo-Nazi militants.
As for the guarantees to be sent to Hungary, "I think the Ministry of Justice is working", concluded Salis.
The one with Roberto Salis for the President of the Senate was "A very polite meeting. Remember that before becoming a politician I am a criminal lawyer, a prison lawyer. So for me it is not difficult to identify with the father's desire, first of all,
that the dignity of the accused daughter is respected
."
This is how Ignazio La Russa describes the meeting in his law firm in Corso di Porta Vittoria in Milan.
"Starting from this, the closeness was immediate and spontaneous."
"Beyond the merits of the trial on which I cannot naturally say anything, I express my strong opinion on the girl's right to dignity in the display of the famous chains
, which exist in many countries and partly also in Italy. The important thing is that there is no exhibition of the ways in which safety is ensured".
To those who asked him if she defends "an anti-fascist militant", La Russa replied "yes, because the merit of the matter has nothing to do with it".
President La Russa explained that "we are talking about an Italian who, beyond the judgment one may give, her ideas, and the way she translates her ideas, whether the fact is true or not that she participated in that expedition, she is however an Italian citizen for whom it is right that her personal rights should be protected".
The house arrest decision for Ilaria Salis "does not concern the degree of responsibility for the disputed facts,
if they can be granted, and the fact that they rejected them but examined them means that in theory they can be granted.
I am not against it, on the contrary, I am extremely favourable.
But then the Hungarian judiciary decides freely" continued La Russa.
"The decision of house arrest cannot be ours. For example, there could be the availability of the place in Hungary, pending a possible request in Italy, and it could be the embassy".
"Politicizing this situation, by anyone, is wrong, if one cares about respecting the rights of the accused girl in Hungary.
We need respect first of all for the Hungarian judiciary, respect and the strong request that her rights be guaranteed rights as we recognize them in Italy".
Thus the president of the Senate Ignazio La Russa, after the meeting with Roberto Salis, Ilaria's father.
"The more we do it together, and I believe that this is also the father's will, the more chance we will have of this being an achievable result - added La Russa -. We
all need to lower our tone if we care about people's rights ".
This is for house arrest.
the debate on the case in the European Parliament on Monday
In the meantime, we are talking about the
precautionary house arrest
in Italy of
Ilaria Salis
, with the possible application of measures such as the electronic bracelet.
The news was reported today by
Corriere della Sera
and
Repubblica
.
Meanwhile, the case reaches the
European Chamber
.
MEPs will debate the case of the Italian citizen detained in Hungary on Monday afternoon in the Chamber.
The Ministry of Justice is working on a report, to be made available to the defense in the next few days, with which Italy would undertake to guarantee 'maximum security' - writes Repubblica - if the woman were granted house arrest in Italy.
'"Electronic bracelet, supervision and commitment to have her participate in all the trial hearings scheduled in Budapest" which, calendar in hand, would not end before 2025.
After three requests rejected by the Hungarian judge on the grounds that the accused was in danger of fleeing - explains Corriere della Sera - the lawyers are waiting for support to attach to a new request for precautionary house arrest;
so as to be able to offer the judiciary, directly from the Italian government, guarantees that overcome the reasons for previous denials.
The offices in via Arenula are working on this.
The story of Ilaria Salis is at the top of the agenda of next week's plenary session of the European Chamber in Strasbourg.
MEPs will debate the case of the Italian citizen detained in Hungary on Monday afternoon in the Chamber. "Without prejudice that as regards criminal law it is the competence of the member states, Hungary has signed up to the European Convention on Human Rights, therefore the conditions of Ilaria Salis are a problem that also concerns the rule of law in Hungary", explained PD MEP
Mercedes Bresso
, during the pre-plenary briefing of Italian MEPs.
For the Green MEP,
Rosa D'Amato
, "opening a debate on the state of prisoners in the EU is in itself a good thing, furthermore it is necessary to defend Ilaria as an Italian citizen regardless of the accusations".
However, Northern League member Paola Ghidoni
spoke out against European interference in the issue
, underlining how "it is not nice to see an Italian citizen in chains, but criminal matters remain the responsibility of the states and there cannot be EU interference".
The M5s MEP,
Mario Furore
, has the opposite opinion , saying he was "disappointed by the response of the spokesperson of the EU Commission on the fact that individual legal cases are not commented on".
Furore then underlined that "Ilaria's is only the tip of the iceberg on violations of the rule of law in Hungary".
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