Justice, Cartabia: “Vaccine reform in compliance with the Constitution”

The proposed justice reform “is a vaccine precisely because it wakes up the antibodies of the immune system of justice”, “it is not a trivial political compromise, it is inspired by the balance between those two needs: to do justice, while respecting the guarantees. This is what the Constitution asks us: balance between principles, proportionality between values, balance between conflicting needs. And when it comes to justice I believe that balance is a virtue, not a demerit “. This was stated by the Minister of Justice, Marta Cartabia, in an interview with Corriere della Sera. “The political forces are well aware of the commitments made with Europe and the deadlines. I hope that the sense of responsibility shown by all the ministers will prevail over any other consideration, in the interest of the country”, he stresses. Read also “There have been weeks of continuous talks – he continues – The fact that the Council of Ministers unanimously approved the project was an important milestone. Reached in the last mile, also thanks to the determined leadership of the premier who supported it. with conviction”. So with respect to the more complicated passage of the negotiation, the prescription, on which “gradually, in recent months, the mistrust and distances between so-called executioners and guarantors have shortened”, Cartabia comments: “A process that ends in nothing is really a failure of State, on this I am the first to agree, as Alfonso Bonafede knows well, who in recent weeks has had a constant dialogue with the ministry. However, it was impossible to avoid correcting the problematic effects of that reform. established certain and predetermined times for the conclusion of appeal and Cassation judgments. Long judgments cause double damage: they frustrate the victims’ demand for justice and damage the guarantees of the accused “. “Here it is not a question of granting impunity to anyone – continues the Minister – but of making sure that all over Italy the trials arrive at that word of justice in certain times. Because if in Milan and Palermo this is already a reality, it is not Should it be elsewhere? Every accused has the right to know whether he is guilty or innocent within a reasonable time. Like the victim and his family, they must have those answers in just as short a time. It is about realities like Naples and six other districts, that we we must intervene. With more resources, more magistrates, chancellors, technical personnel; with more technology and also with these changes to the rite “. Cartabia guarantees that “compared to the past, the real turning point is that we now have resources like never before. There will be two competitions in the judiciary, now another 2,700 chancellors will enter, there will also be interventions on construction and digitization. And they will arrive, starting from next months, 16,500 assistants for the trial office “. Finally, the reform of the CSM and the judiciary: “We have very short deadlines in this case as well. And this time not only for the commitments of the PNRR, but also for the renewal of the CSM in a year. One point is established: the body of self-government cannot be renewed with these rules. Once the reform of the penal process is closed, I will now concentrate on this other chapter, also evaluating changes that may require constitutional changes “.