Trial Salvini, Open Arms Head of Mission: “Let no guilty go unpunished”

“Let no guilty go unpunished”. This is what Anabel Montes, the former head of mission of the NGO Open Arms, says, in view of the hearing to be held today in Palermo against the leader of the Lega Matteo Salvini, accused of kidnapping and refusal of office documents for having left in sea ​​147 migrants in August 2019. “At 9.30 the next session of the trial begins against the former Italian interior minister Matteo Salvini for kidnapping and abuse of power by prohibiting the disembarkation of people rescued in three rescue operations in the Mediterranean central in August 2019 “, says Montes who will take the stand today. “His defense calls me to testify as head of mission of the NGO Open Arms at the time of the facts. Let no guilty go unpunished”. Also today two other texts will be heard in the bunker room of the Ucciardone prison: Katia Valeria Di Natale, doctor of the Order of Malta and Fabrizio Mancini, director of the immigration service at the central directorate of immigration and border police of the Ministry of Internal. Salvini will be in the courtroom, accompanied by his lawyer, the lawyer Giulia Bongiorno.