Abuse of office, Costa: “The abolition is right, the convictions were only for 0.5% of the cases”

Enrico Costa, a decade-long “enemy” of abuse of office, is he happy today?

“We went in the right direction and as an Action we voted in favor.”

Nordio fans?

“When he proposes what is written in our proposed laws, well before his bill went to Palazzo Chigi, we support him for consistency”.

But he is already attacking him on the prison decree and the new embezzlement.

“We evaluate the individual measures, and the one on prisons is a breath of fresh air in the face of a dramatic problem. I am sure that Nordio wanted to do more, but the hangmen of the majority held him back.”

For him, amnesty is the “surrender of the State”, so what is one death a day?

“There are other tools that can ensure compliance with the Constitution.”

How do you vote when the decree reaches the House?

“We will try to amend and improve it, proposing a closed number of places in prisons, given by the places necessary to guarantee human dignity”.

Doesn’t the new embezzlement inserted there restore his hated abuse of office?

“In part, yes, and if I had been the minister I would have continued straight ahead. It means that in Italy, when you have the magistrates against you, you cannot fully implement reforms.”

And the 3,623 definitive convictions cancelled?

“It is a vague and generic crime, it punishes acts that should at most end up before administrative judges, used by the opposition in the municipal councils to make complaints, smearing those who administer”.

He didn’t answer me, 3,623 convictions up in smoke since 1997 are a “free for all”.

“But what is the “free for all” rule? There are thousands of open files, courts clogged with complaints, people massacred in the newspapers, convictions equal to 0.5% of the investigations”.

How many citizens will be subjected to illegal decisions by public administrators in the future?

“There is an avalanche of crimes that can be contested in the face of serious behavior: from forgery to fraud, from bid-rigging to embezzlement, not to mention corruption.”

See? He’s proving right those who see mayors in big trouble from now on because of more serious crimes. “Typical reaction of a vigilante. I have collected the stories of 150 mayors, investigated or tried for abuse of office, all acquitted or acquitted. Chilling. People who have left public life, after years under investigation, without having done anything criminally illegal”.