August 30, 2006

The Pardon, Prodi and Pope John Paul II

I am often in agreement with Romano Prodi, but it is well known, that I don’t agree with him on the pardon. The President of the Council, in response to a citizen, made the following statement about the pardon law:

“…. It was a necessary act of clemency towards thousands of desperate people who have seen the reduction in their stay in a prison system near to collapse. I was aware at the time and I still am aware that this action was not politically convenient, but there are decisions that must be taken even though not politically convenient.
Aside I wonder where are those people who gave a united and whole hearted applause to Pope John Paul II when he asked not just for the pardon, but also an amnesty.”

The so-called desperate people are those who have broken the law and nothing more than the certainty of punishment avoids the repetition of the crime. The issue of the prison system being near to collapse cannot be an excuse and it is not an excuse.

The solutions to overcrowding are well known: speed up the trials, complete the prisons under construction and finally for those prisoners from outside the European Union, make them serve their sentences in their own countries. The pardon has not been politically convenient, in that, Prodi is right.
This is for a simple reason: the large majority of the Italians were not in agreement. Thus I believe that the pardon represents an arrogant action by Parliament in relation to the citizens who were ignored.

Finally the reference to Pope John Paul II. Here is the piece that is referred to:

“…. Without compromising the necessary protection of the security of the citizens, the prison situation deserves attention. Prisoners often live in conditions of great overcrowding.
A sign of clemency towards them through a reduction of the sentence would be a clear demonstration of sensibility. It would be a way of stimulating them to a personal commitment to recovery in a positive way when they are reinserted into society.
The State and the Church are two separate entities and charity is a private affair, while the rule of law is the essential basis for the existence of the State. Having said that, the Pope talked about recovery and reinsertion into society.
How can you talk about recovery and reinsertion into society for those who are without work, without a home, without assistance, without anything? With only the possibility to commit further acts of delinquency in order to survive?
The pardon has been useful only to the crafty ones in the neighbourhood and to the little folk of Parliament. I’ll write about them soon.

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August 28, 2006

Violence against women

Currently there’s an increase in violence against women. The case of the two young  French women has touched me. They come from a country with a high degree of immigration. They accepted a lift from two men from Tunisia. They were not afraid and they were raped. They thought they were in Paris and they were in Milan.
The problem is the restoration of the rule of law at all levels, not only for those who are not from the EU. We have to guarantee the security of the citizens. We cannot accept the fact that violence against women becomes an ordinary fact. I want to remind you that Mario Alessi, an Italian, the assassin of little Tommaso, had raped a young woman in the presence of her fiancée and he was free.

Italia dei Valori is going to propose to Parliament that there is a significant increase in the penalties for rape. It is not acceptable that a woman should be afraid of waiting for a bus, of taking the metro, or is afraid of wearing a miniskirt and going into a station, as happens in the Milan Central Station.

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August 27, 2006

The new Intesa-Sanpaolo Group

The creation of the new Intesa-Sanpaolo bank is good news for our country. A great Italian banking institution is created and is in seventh position for capitalisation in Europe after Unicredit.

It is the best response to the dark period of Italian banking that led to the arrest of Fiorani of the Banca Popolare Italiana and the exit of Antonio Fazio from the Banca d’Italia. Two great banking institutions have the possibility of helping the industrial development of our country and to assist in our presence in foreign markets.

However, these positive expectations are accompanied by the wish that the Italian banking market adjusts as soon as possible to the European market for the conditions offered to companies and clients. Furthermore it would be appropriate that the banks limit their participation in industrial and publishing companies.

To protect themselves and their shareholders. However this is not what happened in many cases, starting from Parmalat.
A healthy banking system cannot allow itself to participate with substantial shareholdings in industrial companies that are often clients. Neither can it allow itself to influence public opinion through the ownership of shares in publishing companies.

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August 24, 2006

The pardon through the eyes of a victim

I have received many letters about the pardon. Today I’m publishing Emanuela’s letter. She’s an 18 year old from Reggio Calabria.

“Dear Minister Di Pietro,
My name is Emanuela. I am 18 years old and I am from Reggio Calabria. I am writing to you because I have appreciated your stand against the pardon law, above all because you took a personal position.

This letter wouldn’t be important or perhaps it wouldn’t have been written if I weren’t one of the victims that you have been defending. In fact it was about a year ago that my former boyfriend, simply because I had no intention of continuing to be his girl friend, just hit me for useless reasons. He tried to kill me and wounded me with a knife 4 times to the shoulders. This caused me serious damage to my lungs, my liver and my kidneys. That I am still alive is thanks to the speedy action of the doctors and perhaps for a miracle as well, since my condition meant that the doctors feared for my life.

OK. Well, the point is that it is not right that someone who has suffered, someone who has been a victim, should continue to be a victim. In fact what pardon is there for the 4 knife wounds that I received, for all the violence that I went through and for the pain that I continue to suffer?

It is unjust that the State does not give enough protection. In my case the appeal to la Cassazione {the Supreme Court} has not yet happened and he is serving his sentence in house arrest. As soon as I heard about that, the fear that he could escape, brought me to attempt suicide. I would like greater protection and I would like to have the strength to fight for my rights, but who would listen to me?

Thank you for listening to my sorrows and for having stood up for us, the victims.
Yours sincerely. Emanuela.”

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August 22, 2006

Clandestines and the responsibility of Libya

The clandestines who are coming day by day by boat to Italian coasts are being sent by someone. He’s called Gaddafi. Nearly all the boats are leaving from the coast of Libya with the tacit consent of the local authorities.

There has been tension for a long time between Italy and Libya. Gaddafi has been asking for 3,500,000,000 Euro for hypothetical compensation payments for the construction of a motorway.
The Italians who were expelled from Libya left all their possessions there.

They have had no compensation.
Gaddafi uses the clandestines to put pressure on the Italian government. Today he wants a motorway, tomorrow who knows what else.

The departures from Libya represent a clear act of hostility in relation to our country and cannot be tolerated. In relation to these continual violations of her territory, Italy should even consider the patrolling of Libya’s territorial waters and not just a firm stand in relation to the government of Tripoli.

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August 20, 2006

The arrest of Pacenza

The solidarity shown in prison by certain parliamentarians for Franco Pacenza who has been arrested for abuse of power while holding public office is astonishing. The parliamentarians belong to the Unione in Calabria. Franco Pacenza is the DS Leader of the Regional Council in Calabria.

Above all what is astonishing is that this happened even though interviews are forbidden under the conditions imposed by the investigating magistrate and there was no specific authorisation.
The same behaviour of challenge and countering the judicial system was displayed in 1985 by Bettino Craxi. On that occasion the Milan magistrates arrested the first politician in Tangentopoli, Antonio Natali who collected bribes for the parties and politicians in Milan.
At that time the result was that the investigation was stopped because Antonio Natali became a candidate and was elected to Parliament and thus was covered by Parliamentary immunity.

Pacenza’s guilt has still to be proved and he must be considered innocent until there is a definite guilty verdict. But this is a personal affair for him that must follow the judicial process.
What is disquieting is the “political message” that the “group visit” of the politicians sends out. It is a message that is equal to “we are on your side”, not on the side of justice that is trying to get to the truth, but on the side of “one of us” who is being defended by the “group” without regard to specific knowledge of the details of the accusation.

The consequence of these “political attacks” against the magistracy are visible to all: what is badness in our country is represented by the judges who want the law to be respected, not by those who commit crimes. It is with this logic that it has been possible to enlarge the pardon to cover corruption.

And Franco Pacenza, the person being investigated, if he is not found to be innocent, has already got a bonus of three years of prison discounted, since the pardon is valid even for crimes that are verified subsequently, if they were committed before May 2006.
The demonstration for Francesco Pacenza in front of the prison in Cosenza by parliamentarians belonging to the Unione in Calabria seems to be a contraposition between the powers of the State.

A judicial fact should not be transformed into a political fact. What is happening to Pacenza must remain a procedural affair to be resolved in the judicial system. The politicisation of being held in prison on remand is transforming a judicial case into the umpteenth attack on the Magistracy and what is more it is being done by parliamentarians in the government grouping.
For all these reasons, the parliamentarians who demonstrated have done well to talk about resignations. They should not ask for the resignation of Antonio Di Pietro because he has denounced their behaviour, but they should be asking for their own resignations.

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August 18, 2006

Citizenship and respect for civil rights

The case of Hina Saleem, the young woman from Pakistan killed by her father because she lived with a young Italian man, must give reason to reflect on the proposed law for citizenship for those who reside in our country for 5 years.
The number of years is an important factor and it is probable that it would be better to increase the time. Sticking to the values of the Constitution is also important.
But in my opinion, to get Italian citizenship, the most important things is the respect for the fundamental values underlying living together in society. Among these is the free choice of a marriage partner.
Hina’s father has had a regular job for more than 10 years. He has the documents necessary to get citizenship right now without the need for a new law.
Together with a new law on citizenship what are needed are severe punishments for those who violate civil rights, for example by marriages that are arranged and enforced.
Civil rights are not negotiable. Those who don’t respect them must not be allowed to obtain Italian citizenship.

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August 16, 2006

The interests of citizens

Gian Maria Gros-Pietro, the president of Autostrade, gave a long interview that appeared with big head lines in il Corriere della Sera last Sunday.
In the interview, Gros-Pietro emphasises how the merger represents a great opportunity for the country.
I have great respect for Gros-Pietro and I esteem him. But I have a different view. The opportunity is above all an economic one for the Autostrade company and perhaps it can indirectly be an opportunity for the country. It’s a question of private interests not interests of the State. They are interests that in part can conflict with public interests.
In particular this occurs if the investments which have been planned to modernise the motorway network are not carried out. This is the current situation. The Italian motorways are not a cow to be milked for the distribution of dividends.
Gros-Pietro states “The Autostrade company cannot avoid using all available methods to protect the shareholders”. The same is true for the Government in relation to the citizens. The network is essential for the growth of the Italian economy. Its development and the regulation of the tariffs to reflect the real management costs are two topics for discussion. I will start such discussions as soon as possible with all the concessionaires.

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August 14, 2006

Italy in the Lebanon

photo from Cnn.com

Italy is participating in the United Nations Resolution and is sending a military presence for the buffer zone force. The United Nations intervention, even though it’s late, is fundamental to bringing back peace to the Lebanon after a war that has caused the almost complete destruction of the country.
Thousands of dead among the civilians, mostly Lebanese and hundreds among the Israeli and Hezbollah soldiers have made the Middle East even more unstable and dangerous than it was before hostilities began.
In these last few weeks, the Italian Government has operated in favour of peace. It has done this by organising the summit in Rome that was the precursor to the United Nations agreement. It has also held meetings with the parties concerned.
Our presence in the Lebanon will protect not only Lebanese and Israeli civilians, but more generally it will look after peace in the Mediterranean, which is a priority area for Italy. For whom does the bell toll in the Lebanon? It’s ringing for all those who have peace in their hearts. Italy will do its part.

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24 – Tangentopoli at its starting point

Today I’m concluding the publication of some questions and answers from the book "Intervista su Tangentopoli" published by Laterza and edited by Giovanni Valentini.

GV: It’s years since the beginning of Clean Hands. How do you now see the situation for Tangentopoli?
ADP: Clean Hands was a technical and judicial operation that produced a great reawakening of consciences. Many people took courage and many cultivated a hope for cleanliness. Then there was a block. The courage dwindled and the hope was extinguished.
Now however, it’s not useful to look back. It’s better to look forward. Tangentopoli was the tip of an iceberg. For the future, the fight against corruption must become part of the habits, of the culture, an ethical-social commitment. So that the phenomenon doesn’t recur, we first need to educate and to take precautions to prevent it. But the good example can only come from the top. This is why we need a new political class. We need one that can perform a leadership function for the whole society.
GV: Tangentopoli, 21 September 2000: Nine people were arrested in Milan. Among these was the Regional Councillor of Forza Italia Massimo Guarischi. This was for the scandal of the contracts for “after the floods”. And at the same time, at Palermo, the enquiry into the “red co-ops” revealed presumed relationships between the mafia and companies connected to the PCI and PDS. What does this mean, Senator Di Pietro, for you and for all of us?
ADP: It means unfortunately that we are back at the starting point. In some cases, even with the same people that were appearing in the first Clean Hands enquiry. But from this point now we must start to liberate Italy - from Milan to Palermo – of the disease of corruption.

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August 10, 2006

Letter to the Wall Street Journal

"Dear Wall Street Journal,
I am writing in response to the article published in ‘Breaking news’ relating to the Autostrade-Abertis merger.
The article defines the motivation of the Italian Government that is preventing the transfer of the concession to Abertis as “rubbish excuses” I believe that the journalist of the WSJ has not been fully informed. It is not a question of excuse nor is it a question of rubbish.
For the Italian law, a motorway concession cannot be entrusted to a construction company.
It seems to me that the reason for this is obvious. It’s to avoid a conflict of interests. The law has already been applied in the past in similar situations with Italian construction companies.
There’s no reason why it shouldn’t be applied in relation to Spanish, German or Danish construction companies.
I want to emphasise that the Italian Government has not given an opinion about the merger of two companies but about the transfer of the concession. If it is written that the Italian Government does not want to sell to the Spanish that is inexact and malicious. The “rubbish excuse” is in fact an action of the Government in the application of the law. It is in no way connected to protectionism and whoever writes that is not saying the truth.”
Regards. Antonio Di Pietro.

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August 09, 2006

Public utilities

The Autostrade affair has opened (re-opened?) a debate about public utilities in Italy. A very important debate that I hope will bring clarity and above all, advantages to Italian citizens who benefit from the services. Privatisation of the utilities must come about in a context in which a de facto private monopoly is not created. In which the development of the market is guaranteed, in which there is a reference framework that protects the users and finally one where there is a controlling Authority with real powers to impose sanctions.
It seems to me that this is not what has been happening in Italy in the last few years. In fact the private monopolies that were previously public have become weaker financially without bringing any particular benefits to the country. This is a situation that has come about through the use of debts in the acquisition of the companies that belonged to the State.
If they are heavily in debt, the companies have objective difficulties in making investments and this is what has happened.
I am not against privatisation. I am not against the market. The opposite is in fact true. But the handing over to private companies of public utilities cannot be reduced to pure economics. When the economy of the country depends on the public utilities, it’s not enough that the dividends of the controlling group are the predominant feature. The industrial and economic development of Italy is conditioned by the public utilities. They must be efficient and competitive while respecting the market, the citizens and the companies.

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August 07, 2006

Modifications to the law on telephone tapping

On Friday, the Council of Ministers accepted some of the modifications to the telephone tapping law that I requested.
The points I made were basically associated with the maintenance of the investigative potential of telephone tapping and the elimination of custodial sentences for journalists and for publishers.
On this latter point it’s necessary anyway to have absolute clarity before the law is ratified.
In fact, it must be explicit in the text that sets out from one to three years for “anyone who illicitly takes direct vision of the acts of preliminary investigations that are secret” that cannot in any way relate to journalists and publishers.
The most obvious limits to the activities of magistrates and journalists have been removed. A punitive climate in relation to these two categories would anyway be unacceptable. Information and Justice must not be hampered.

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Stop to the Autostrade-Abertis merger

In accordance with the power of authority recognised in the executive of the Council of State, the minister of the Economy Padoa Schioppa and myself have sent a letter to ANAS. This letter communicates the negative decision of the Government in relation to the merger Autostrade-Abertis.
The merger has been judged not in conformity with the normative framework that forbids the participation as a shareholder of bodies that are in the situation of conflict of interests. This is particularly relevant to those who operate in the construction industry and in transport.
Furthermore, the operation would have produced changes to the framework of control, to the economic and financial structures, and to the patrimony as well as to the strategies of the group. There were possible effects on the stability of the company structure of the concessions, on the investment plans, on the qualitative standards and the safety and on the service provision, on the management of the infrastructure and on all the further aspects relevant to the interests of the public.
I have already expressed my perplexity about this merger many times, even on this site. I am thus very satisfied about the decision taken yesterday by the Council of Ministers. It is a decision, it must be remembered, that is above all, to protect Italian citizens.

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August 04, 2006

Out with the thieves, in with the journalists

Today’s L’Espresso contains an interview with myself entitled: “Out with the thieves, in with the journalists” I am talking about my views on the measures relating to telephone tapping.

ADP: …. It was necessary to take action in relation to the publication of wiretaps of people that have nothing to do with crimes to put a stop to this sort of justice-system gossip.
Instead, with the excuse of protecting privacy, a draft law has been issued that on the one hand is an obstacle to the work of the prosecutors and on the other hand makes the work of journalists ever more risky.

Espresso: What will the consequences be?
ADP: It will be more difficult to carry out investigations. The draft law in its initial version imposed a maximum time frame of 3 months. I opposed this with all my strength. Further phone taps can be allowed only if new elements are discovered by means of different sources of evidence.
As an example: If on the last day of a 3 month period, the prosecutor hears a criminal announcing the consignment of drugs for the following day, in theory he should not be able to intercept him while it is being carried out because he discovered the crime by listening to the telephone. This is nonsense.
There are kidnappings that last a year and are only uncovered by means of wire-tapping. This law starts off a mechanism of recourse that will get in the way of the wiretaps.

Espresso: The Mastella project even forbids the publication of the contents of all the acts, not only the wire taps, before the investigations have finished. If it were already a law, for example, we would know nothing about the Unipol case. Does that seem like a step forward?
ADP: This norm is too restrictive. It’s good that while the investigations are going on there is no publication of the whole text or the quotes in the acts. On the other hand, it’s not possible to keep public opinion in the dark for so long. It’s good that the contents of the case, or the actual facts are known straight away.
However the measures are too permissive once the proceedings are over, if the case is put on file or there’s no conviction.

Espresso: A journalist who reads a secret document, according to Mastella’s draft law, must go to prison. Doesn’t this seem to you like a norm of a Police State?
ADP: It’s a ridiculous law. Before, a journalist who published secret documents was punished with a fine. Now there’s punishment with imprisonment for simply having a look at a document. Even if nothing is published.
Technically the punishment is brought forward to the state of simple danger (the simple viewing of the papers) without waiting for the damage, which is the publication. It is a mistaken choice aimed at silencing the press.
You can’t punish a journalist for doing his job. The public official who hands him the document should be punished. But can you imagine a journalist who faced with a secret document, closes his eyes and says: “I don’t even want to see it!” ?

Espresso: La Procura di Milano {Milan prosecutors’ office} is investigating illegal wire tapping of journalists. The draft law is not concerned with this. Doesn’t that seem strange to you?
ADP: In this draft law there’s a whole chapter missing. This is relating to illegal wire-tapping. Abuses that are carried out without the control of the judicial authorities.
If the intention were really to protect privacy, it would have been necessary to include an appropriate chapter. But the aim of this draft law is another: to make wire tapping much more difficult for magistrates and to criminalize information. That is not acceptable.

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The pardon and crimes against workers

Included in the pardon law there were some crimes against workers.
This is a precise and serious decision taken by a parliamentary majority in relation to the Italian people.

It is a decision that is seen against the trend of a growing increase in fatal accidents at work.
The Trades Unions have written a communication that I’m publishing here.

Pardon, accidents at work.
Cgil Cisl Uil: A serious non-exclusion from the measures relating to crimes against workers. “The Trades Union considers to be particularly serious the non-exclusion from the measures relating to crimes against workers”. This is stated in a joint declaration of the Cgil Cisl Uil confederation secretaries Paola Agnello Modica, Renzo Bellini, and Paolo Carcassi.
”The measures taken in relation to the pardon” – the three Union leaders explain – “that reduces by three years the sentences arranged for the crimes committed before 2 May 2006, gives a massive discount to the sentence even for violation of the laws in relation to health and safety at work (beyond those already covered for substantial and procedural reasons like plea-bargaining and fast-track trials).” They add: “Considering that culpable homicide from accidents at work and originating from professional activity are not penalised with sentences greater than those covered by the pardon, this implies in fact that this type of crime will in the vast majority of cases, remain unpunished. In an analogous way for the monetary penalties, excluding those over 10,000 Euro, the measures seem to be concerned in a particular way with the crimes committed against the laws protecting the health and safety of workers. When considering those workers suffering from pathologies that result from asbestos, for example, with the cancellation of the sentence, they risk even the concrete possibility of not receiving compensation.”

“In recent days, there is a continued repetition of accidents at work” – they reveal – “with a frequency and a seriousness that at the moment is marking out the current year with a particularly negative trend. This highlights the strident contradiction between the measures just taken by the government and the need for the country to adopt a framework of well-matured measures. These need to eliminate the failings and the incoherences of the legislation and the institutional structures that are hindering the forces working to stop this phenomenon.”

It’s in this field that Cgil Cisl Uil repeat that “sanctions and vigilance guarantee the operation of the norms, but all the same recognising that prevention is much more efficacious than repression. They intend to continue to work in a committed way over the coming months with proposals that are articulated and constructed as far as possible with the employers’ associations, in a serious engagement with the Government and with the competent institutions. We ask all these institutions to give an unequivocal expression of political will and concrete engagement, in a unified vision that overcomes the current division of competencies and responsibilities.” Agnello Modica, Bellini, Carcassi conclude: “At the same time Cgil Cisl Uil are asking for a similar unequivocal commitment from the Government and the world of the employers. In all workplaces we want commitment for the application of the norms laid down in relevant legislation and in contracts. Just this would reduce in a significant way accidents and illnesses resulting from work.”

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August 03, 2006

23 – Change the faces of politics

I’m continuing to publish some questions and answers from the book "Intervista su Tangentopoli" published by Laterza and edited by Giovanni Valentini.

GV: Do you not think that a certain level of corruption is physiological in all systems and in all regimes? Do you think that in Italy the phenomenon by now has become chronic?
ADP: Each person acts in the historic reality in which they live. It’s like the cannibal in the jungle, even the citizen in Tangentopoli adapts in the end. It’s human nature.
But however, it’s necessary to repeat that the principles of honesty and the respect for the law are the source of gain and development within a State that is democratic, free and solid. However, I don’t believe that corruption in Italy has been more serious and more widespread than in other countries.
With us, people paid simply to be allowed to sit at the table, independently of the effective benefit, without being sure of getting a result. And this is the reason why I talked about “environmental taxation” to say that it was corruption adopted by the system.

GV: OK, well then what can the possible remedies be?
ADP: In looking for remedies, Italy is behind others because of the current fragmentation of the party system. In this field however, it’s not enough to punish. Here it’s a matter of giving value to the opportunity and the usefulness of respecting the rules.
It’s necessary to reaffirm the principle that only by the transparency and the efficiency of the system can the freedom of the market be affectively guaranteed.
But the “moral question” cannot have a political and ideological basis. It’s not possible to divide society into goodness and badness, into the good and the bad, according to whether you are on the right or on the left. Indeed it is now a battle that is typically transversal. To put an end to this market of exchange, for the exchange of favours, we need a new system of controls – control of others – and control of self.
Above all we need to change the faces in politics. Then we need to create a pre-politics community. We need to collect together honest citizens, good people, and gentlemen.

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August 01, 2006

Those who voted for the pardon in the Senate

The pardon law is a law of the State. It is the defeat of the rule of law, of justice. It is the result of a pact between political forces that are only in apparent opposition. Each part has pulled out their own people from prison and from trials. I have decided not to resign so that I can continue to bear witness in my function as Minister and in the Council of Ministers. I can be a witness to the need for a State based on the Rule of Law, transparent to citizens, respectful to the commitments made during the election campaign.
Just as I published the names of those in the Lower House who voted for the pardon, I believe it is right to publish the names of those in the Senate who voted for the pardon. This is taken from the website www.senato.it

ALLEANZA NAZIONALE
Buccico Emilio Nicola, Curto Euprepio, De Angelis Marcello, Matteoli Altero, Saporito Learco, Valentino Giuseppe

AUT
Bosone Daniele, Molinari Claudio, Montalbano Accursio, Negri Magda, Peterlini Oskar, Pinzger Manfred, Rubinato Simonetta, Thaler Ausserhofer Helga, Tonini Giorgio

DC-IND-MA
Antonione Roberto, Cutrufo Mauro, Girfatti Antonio Franco, Manunza Ignazio, Massidda Piergiorgio, Pistorio Giovanni, Rotondi Gianfranco, Santini Giacomo, Saro Giuseppe Ferruccio, Stracquadanio Giorgio Clelio

FORZA ITALIA
Alberti Casellati M. E., Amato Pietro Paolo, Asciutti Franco, Azzollini Antonio, Baldini Massimo, Barba Vincenzo, Barelli Paolo, Bettamio Giampaolo, Bianconi Laura, Biondi Alfredo, Bonfrisco Anna Cinzia, Burani Procaccini Maria, Camber Giulio, Cantoni Gianpiero Carlo, Carrara Valerio, Casoli Francesco, Cicolani Angelo Maria, Colli Ombretta, Comincioli Romano, Costa Rosario Giorgio, D'Ali' Antonio, Dell'Utri Marcello, Fazzone Claudio, Ferrara Mario Francesco, Firrarello Giuseppe, Gentile Antonio, Ghedini Niccolo', Ghigo Enzo, Giuliano Pasquale, Grillo Luigi, Iannuzzi Raffaele, Iorio Angelo Michele, Izzo Cosimo, Lorusso Antonio, Lunardi Pietro, Malan Lucio, Malvano Franco, Marini Giulio, Mauro Giovanni, Morra Carmelo, Nessa Pasquale, Novi Emiddio, Palma Nitto Francesco, Pastore Andrea, Pianetta Enrico, Piccioni Lorenzo, Piccone Filippo, Pisanu Beppe, Pittelli Giancarlo, Possa Guido, Quagliariello Gaetano, Rebuzzi Antonella, Sacconi Maurizio, Scarabosio Aldo, Scarpa Bonazza Buora Paolo, Schifani Renato Giuseppe, Scotti Luigi, Stanca Lucio, Sterpa Egidio, Taddei Vincenzo, Tomassini Antonio, Vegas Giuseppe, Ventucci Cosimo, Viceconte G. Walter C., Vizzini Carlo, Zanettin Pierantonio, Ziccone Guido

IU-VERDI-COMUNISTI ITALIANI
Bulgarelli Mauro, Cossutta Armando, De Petris Loredana, Pecoraro Scanio Marco, Ripamonti Natale, Silvestri Gianpaolo

MISTO
Andreotti Giulio, Colombo Emilio, Cossiga Francesco, Del Pennino Antonio Adolfo Mar

MISTO-PDM
Fuda Pietro

MISTO.POP-UDEUR
Barbato Tommaso, Cusumano Stefano, Mastella Clemente

RIFONDAZIONE COMUNISTA-SE
Albonetti Martino, Alfonzi Daniela, Allocca Salvatore, Boccia Maria Luisa, Bonadonna Salvatore, Brisca Menapace Lidia, Capelli Giovanna, Caprili Milziade, Confalonieri Giovanni, Del Roio Josè Luiz, Di Lello Finuoli Giuseppe, Emprin Gilardini Erminia, Gagliardi Rina, Giannini Fosco, Grassi Claudio, Liotta Santo, Malabarba Luigi, Martone Francesco, Nardini Maria Celeste, Palermo Anna Maria, Russo Spena Giovanni, Sodano Tommaso, Tecce Raffaele, Turigliatto Franco, Valpiana Tiziana, Vano Olimpia, Zuccherini Stefano

UDC
Baccini Mario, Buttiglione Rocco, Ciccanti Amedeo, De Poli Antonio, D'Onofrio Francesco, Eufemi Maurizio, Fantola Massimo, Follini Marco, Forte Michele, Libe' Mauro, Maffioli Graziano, Maninetti Luigi, Marconi Luca, Monacelli Sandra, Naro Giuseppe, Pionati Francesco, Poli Nedo Lorenzo, Ruggeri Salvatore, Trematerra Gino, Zanoletti Tomaso

ULIVO
Adragna Benedetto, Amati Silvana, Angius Gavino, Baio Dossi Emanuela, Banti Egidio, Barbieri Roberto, Barbolini Giuliano, Bassoli Fiorenza, Battaglia Giovanni, Bellini Giovanni, Benvenuto Giorgio, Bettini Goffredo Maria, Bianco Enzo, Binetti Paola, Bobba Luigi, Boccia Antonio, Bodini Paolo, Bordon Willer, Bruno Franco, Brutti Massimo, Brutti Paolo, Bubbico Filippo, Cabras Antonello, Calvi Guido, Carloni Anna Maria, Casson Felice, D'Amico Natale Maria Alfonso, Danieli Franco, De Simone Andrea Carmine, Di Siena Piero, Enriques Federico, Fazio Bartolo, Ferrante Francesco, Filippi Marco, Finocchiaro Anna, Fontana Carlo Ferruccio Antoni, Franco Vittoria, Galardi Guido, Garraffa Costantino, Gasbarri Mario, Giaretta Paolo, Iovene Antonio, Ladu Salvatore, Latorre Nicola, Legnini Giovanni, Livi Bacci Massimo, Lusi Luigi, Maccanico Antonio, Magistrelli Marina, Magnolfi Beatrice Maria, Manzella Andrea, Manzione Roberto, Marino Ignazio Roberto Maria, Massa Augusto, Mele Giorgio, Mercatali Vidmer, Micheloni Claudio, Mongiello Colomba, Montino Esterino, Morando Antonio Enrico, Morgando Gianfranco, Nieddu Gianni, Palumbo Aniello, Papania Antonino, Pasetto Giorgio, Pegorer Carlo, Piglionica Donato, Pignedoli Leana, Pisa Silvana, Polito Antonio, Pollastri Edoardo, Procacci Giovanni, Randazzo Antonino, Ranieri Andrea, Roilo Giorgio, Ronchi Edo, Rossa Sabina, Rossi Paolo, Salvi Cesare, Scalera Giuseppe, Scarpetti Lido, Serafini Anna Maria, Sinisi Giannicola, Soliani Albertina, Treu Tiziano, Turano Renato Guerino, Turco Livia, Vernetti Gianni, Villecco Calipari Rosa Maria, Vitali Walter, Zanda Luigi, Zavoli Sergio Wolmar

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