Justice Minister Carlo Nordio told the
Lower House Wednesday while reporting on the case of Libyan
general Osama Almasri, who was released by Italian authorities
and flown back to Libya two days after his January 19 arrest on
an International Criminal Court (ICC) warrant, that a minister
is not a paper pusher and his political role is to analyse the
content of requests such as the ICC warrant, in contact with
other institutions, and evaluate the coherence of conclusions
reached by the ICC.
He also said the document delivered was null, in English and
included several files in Arabic.
Nordio said he is not "a paper pusher, I have the power to
discuss with other bodies of the State in case of need and this
need was indeed present" in the Almasri case.
"Moreover, it is necessary to evaluate the coherence of
conclusions reached with the ICC's decision.
"Such a coherence was completely lacking and the document was
void, in English without translation and with various enclosed
papers in the Arabic language", said the minister.
The justice minister went on to say that the ICC documentation,
"about 60 paragraphs including a whole series of horrible crimes
attributed to the detainee", contained "an incomprehensible
logical leap.
"The conclusions of the arrest warrant resulted to be different
compared to the part concerning the motivations and compared to
the conclusions", noted Nordio, who also addressed a member of
the opposition, the leader of the Green-Left Alliance (AVS)
Angelo Bonelli, who was protesting against the report, asking
him whether he had read the documentation.
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