If the coalition that I’m part of wins the elections, it will have to immediately tackle an issue: “Which Ministry is to be assigned to Antonio Di Pietro? It’s such a serious issue that it has to be debated continuously and without my having put forward any request, both by the Centre Right and the Centre Left. Berlusconi’s party doesn’t want me to become Minister of Justice. This is absolutely understandable for the head of the PDL. In fact my aim is to straight away get rid of the “ad personam” laws and to make the Justice machinery function so that in this country there can be restored the certainty of the penalty and the equality of all citizens before the law.
The vetoes that are arriving from leading lights in the Centre Left are not equally understandable and neither are they acceptable. What does Antonio Di Pietro have to do to become Minister of Justice? What qualities must he have? The last two Ministers were Castelli and Mastella. They have reduced the Justice system to rubble. Neither of them had even a minimum of competence in the matter. However, no one opposed them “a priori”, as is happening for my possible candidacy for the position. “Mani Pulite” still burns for a large part of the political class. Perhaps they fear that I want to finish that work.