Magistrates union ANM on Friday
blasted as "disrespectful" government attacks on a high court
ruling ordering the executive to compensate migrants stopped
from landing from a coastguard ship as part of a closed ports
policy in 2018.
"Once again the distance between the recognition of principles
and their application is inexplicable," said the national
association of magistrates.
"Now even the decisions of the United Sections of the Court of
Cassation are the object of unjustified attacks, without any
respect for the separation of powers.
"Every time a decision is unwelcome, it is linked to an
ideological evaluation.
The Board of the ANM cannot but reiterate once again that the
separation of powers is a foundation of legal civilization, and
expresses solidarity with colleagues of the Supreme Court".
A group of mostly Eritrean migrants were prevented from
disembarking from the Diciotti ship in the summer of 2018, for
about 20 days, as part of then hardline anti-migrant interior
minister Matteo salvini's closed ports policy.
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