Consulta, Verna (Cnog): “Tomorrow perhaps a historic turning point, no more freedom of the press under lock and key”

“I hope that the Constitutional Court cancels the prison sentence for the journalist who slanders. I don’t think there should no longer be sanctions, but the slogan is ‘no more freedom of the press under lock and key’, as happens in the most consolidated democracies”. He talks about it with Adnkronos Carlo Verna, president of the National Council of the order of journalists, who will participate in the hearing of the Consulta “connected via the web due to the covid rules”. “Parliament was once again absent – Verna notes – We would have preferred that politics deal more organically with the need for new legislation in journalism and also with gag complaints, continuous attempts at intimidation that are threatening the role of the press as guard dog of democracy “. “I am moderately optimistic about the outcome of tomorrow: it could be a historic turning point. And I am pleased that the Order is a protagonist for the first time recognized before the Constitutional Court as a guardian of general interest, all the more – he concludes – which in the past was raised the question of the constitutionality of its very existence “.