Pd and magistrates, doubts about the alleged pact to stop the Nordio reform: the history of the referendums says more
But truly the National Association of Magistrates and the Democratic Party think of making a battle against the reform of justice launched by the Minister together Carlo Nordio? I don’t know if the hypothesis overlooking the Pages of the Corriere della Sera of an exchange between the union of the togas and the party of Elly Schlein in view of a possible confirmation referendum.
According to the newspaper, squared by the judicial investigations that involve some of his most important exponents in Milan, Turin, Prato and in the Marche, the Democratic Party through the mouth of Dario Franceschiniformer secretary and important current leader, would have offered a barter. That is, a support against the law that separates the careers of the magistrates in exchange for an eye on the investigations involving the exponents of the left.
I repeat: I don’t know how much foundation the alleged understanding has. However, I have the results that in the past have obtained the referendum with the theme of justice at the center. The most important I believe is the one that dates back to the early November of almost forty years ago. In 1987, the radicals together with socialists and liberals proposed to abolish the rules that limited civil liability for the judges. It was almost a plebiscite, with more than 80 percent of yes. Of course, that was a season in which popular participation in the referendum was at most (at the time it exceeded 65 percent of the entitled to vote). Since then many things have changed, starting with the sensitivity of voters towards the instrument of popular consultation, which, used as a means of correcting parliamentary majorities, has removed the interest of the voters. However, even if you look at the questions that have not exceeded the quorum (necessary in the event of repeal and not for confirmation referendums), it is clear rather well what the orientation of Italians in the field of justice is. In 1997, the radicals always asked the Italians if they wanted to abolish the progression system of the careers of magistrates. The referendum, which took place in mid -June proposing the cancellation of many other rules, did not reach the quorum, stopping at 30 percent of the voters, but the question on the judges obtained 83.6 percent of yes, to which was added 85.6 percent to the question on the ban on the extrajudicial positions of the togas. Three years later, the radicals, together with the socialists, tried to modify with the popular will both the mechanisms of election of the CSM, reproducing the demand on extrajudicial positions and proposing the separation of careers between prosecutors and judges. This referendum also did not reach the quorum, but the three questions obtained a percentage of so that it ranged between 69 and 75 percent. The theme of the separation of careers between investigating and judging judiciary was re -proposed three years ago, but also in this case the vote did not exceed 50 percent of those entitled and therefore was judged null. However, 73.3 percent of the voters declared themselves favorable, as well as the majority of consensus obtained the idea of allowing the secular members of the CSM to evaluate the work of the magistrates in judicial advice.
In short, every time the opportunity presented itself, an overwhelming majority of the voters said yes to a turn of lives towards the magistrates. Which, is said incidentally, do not enjoy the public opinion of great consideration, in particular when they seem to oppose any rule to prevent Italy from being invaded by migrants, as often happens in recent times. Therefore, considering all this and, above all, that for the confirmatory referendums unlike the abrogative ones, it is not necessary to achieve the quorum, the idea that the union between togas and the Democratic Party is enough to sabotage the Nordio reform seems to me peregrine. I was in Schlein And companions, I would carefully evaluate the idea and before I say yes I would make the sign of the cross. More than thirty years after clean hands, losing the battle of justice, for the leader of the Democratic Party would be equivalent to the end of its political ambitions.
