The Italian Prime Minister, Giorgia Meloni, said Tuesday that she is being investigated by the Prosecutor’s Office with several of her ministers For the release of the Chief of the Judicial Police Libya, Osama Al Masri, sought by the International Criminal Court (CPI).
Meloni herself explained in a video that she is being investigated by these facts by prosecutor Francesco Voi, Together with his Minister of Justice, Carlo Nordio; the interior, Matteo Piantedosi, and his Undersecretary of the Presidency, Alfredo Mantovano.
Justice It seeks to clarify the facts that took last January 19 to liberation and repatriation of the Chief of the Libyan Judicial Police, Osama Al Masri, sought by the ICC and that had been arrested in The Italian city of Turin.
The Prosecutor’s Office investigates whether these members of the Italian government They could have incurred the crimes of cover -up and embezzlementsince the Libyan repressor was taken to Tripoli aboard an Italian state plane.
Meloni criticized the prosecutor Voi and “It supposed” that the complaint has left the lawyer Luigi Li Gottidefender of regrets of the mafia as Tommaso Buscetta or Giovanni abrupt and who said that it is “very close” to the former progressive Prime Minister Romano Prodi.
“I say today what he said yesterday: I will not allow them to extort me or let myself be intimidated. It is possible that, for all this, it is attacked by those who do not want Italy to change and improve. But I intend to move forward, in defense of the Italians, with a high head and without fear “Meloni declared in the video released in the networks.
Meloni reproached that the CPI “after months of reflection” issued its international arrest warrant against Masri “Interestingly when this was about to enter Italian territory, after spending quietly almost twelve days in three other European states.”
In this sense, declared that the Hague did not send this order to the Italian Ministry of Justiceas provided by the protocol, so the Court of Appeal of Rome decided not to validate it.
“Then, to this Libyan subject in Italian territory, better than to leave it free, we decided to expel it and Repatriate it immediately for security reasons, with a flight as it happens in other similar cases “he explained.
Interior Minister, Piandadosi, illustrated last Thursday in the Senate the same thesis, attributing the decision to free him to justice and indicating “security reasons” in your repatriation.
The CPI accuses Al Masri of war crimes and Lesa humanity in Libya since February 2015, What includes murder, torture, rape and sexual violence allegedly committed when the suspect was in charge of prison facilities in Tripoli, where thousands of people were arrested for prolonged periods.
This arrest warrant was issued in the context of the investigation opened by the CPI Prosecutor’s Office since March 2011 and There are seven other pending arrest orders, including Saif al Islamson of the late Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi.
