8 November 2007

The judges become defendants

photo from repubblica.it
In recent days we have seen roles turned upside down. Judges are investigated for disciplinary activity as in the case of Clementina Forleo and Luigi De Magistris and instead no one talks about the politicians who are implicated in their investigations.
The tears of a judge are passed over as the expression of a person on the brink of a nervous breakdown, as though to witness their untrustworthiness. The investigations labeled Unipol and Why Not are dealing with people who are at the very top level and members of both political groupings, but every trace of their possible responsibilities has got lost. There’s a preference to focus the attention of the public on the presumed failings of the judges who have become defendants.
People are witnessing a stage play and they have understood the plot and who the actors are for some time. Attacks against Forleo and De Magistris are distancing the citizens from politics. Once more, the message has gone out that the politicians cannot be touched. All this makes our democracy weaker every day.

Posted by Antonio Di Pietro in Justice