The prosecutor of Catania, through the prosecutor Andrea Bonomo, reiterated the request for “no place to proceed because the fact does not exist” at the preliminary hearing of the Gregoretti trial, which sees the former interior minister Matteo Salvini accused of kidnapping of person and abuse of office. In the bunker classroom of the Bicocca prison there is also the same Northern League leader and former minister who, accompanied by his lawyer, Giulia Bongiorno, this morning at his entrance was approached by journalists with whom he spoke briefly to talk about the political issues of the moment: “We need to do more and quickly”, he said, speaking of the new decree to deal with the Covid emergency, even if “we are racing” on vaccines. “Archived the billions of waste and the Arcuri primroses – he said – the goal of 500 thousand doses per day by April is possible, as long as Europe does not get in the way.”
When asked about the Copasir situation, Salvini said that “if everyone resigns, we will start all over again. Just stand there and argue, there is no time to waste. This week I met Draghi, Letta, next week I will see other party leaders, exponents of the trade union world. There is no time to question the armchairs. Everyone resigns and we start all over again ”.
On the reopening: “We do not make the football pool coupon but we rely on science. When science imposes closures, it is right to close. When the same scientific data, as fortunately has been happening for days and days, say that hospitalizations are decreasing and the situation becomes calmer, if science is valid when it goes back to red it also applies when it goes to yellow “.
Today is the sixth day dedicated to the preliminary hearing for the case of the Gregoretti ship, the Coast Guard unit, held at sea in July 2019 for 5 days, with 131 migrants on board and many minors among them, before being granted the “Pos”, the safe harbor, and the landing in Augusta. After having heard in the previous days the testimonies of various exponents of the Conte 1 and Conte 2 governments, from the former prime minister himself to the ministers Di Maio and Lamorgese and to the former minister Toninelli, today the intervention of the public prosecutor is scheduled – the prosecutor’s office Catania actually already in the past has spoken out for the filing – and to follow civil and defense parties. The civil parties insist on Salvini’s indictment. Another two days of preliminary hearing are scheduled, one always in April and the other, the one in which the gup Sarpietro will have to decide, on May 14th.