Newsgroup: it.politica
Titolo: LA.Times: la legge sulle rogatorie favorisce i terroristi

ITALY
Bill to Boost Defendants' Rights in Italy Hinders Terrorism War
 Europe: Measure appears to violate EU cross-border cooperation. It could
slow cases against suspects with alleged ties to Bin Laden's network.
By RICHARD BOUDREAUX, TIMES STAFF WRITER
ROME -- With the rest of Europe promising swifter cross-border cooperation
against terrorists, lawmakers here voted Wednesday to make it harder for
prosecutors to use evidence from other countries against criminal defendants
in Italy.
Supporters of Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, a defendant in three
long-running corruption cases, pushed an overhaul of the Italian penal code
through both houses of Parliament, overriding criticism that he is weakening
the anti-terror cause to wipe away his own legal troubles.
The legislation, which still has to be signed by President Carlo Azeglio
Ciampi, could slow thousands of cases. Among them is at least one against
defendants suspected of having links to the Al Qaeda network of Osama bin
Laden, who has been identified by American officials as the prime suspect in
the Sept. 11 attacks on the United States. Italian presidents can send
legislation back to Parliament for changes but rarely do so.
Bitter Parliamentary Battles Over Legislation
Berlusconi's center-right coalition offered the bill as part of a judicial
reform package to strengthen the rights of defendants, setting off one of
the most bitter parliamentary battles since his government took office in
June.
Foreign judicial authorities will be required to follow all of Italy's
bureaucratic procedures, which are more cumbersome than those of most other
Western countries, before passing on trial evidence to their Italian
counterparts.
The tiniest procedural error could enable an Italian judge to throw out a
piece of foreign evidence--not only in future criminal cases but also in
those now underway.
"Every document of evidence [from abroad] would have to be rubber-stamped,
or photocopies would have to be authenticated by a judicial official, or a
translation would have to be made by a 'sworn expert,' or copies would have
to be sent to certain offices within a deadline," said Antonio Di Pietro, a
former prosecutor and critic of the measure.
"It's like saying, 'Give me a wrong rubber stamp in any part of the world,
and I will get you off the hook in Italy,' " he added.
The Justice Ministry said foreign evidence in as many as 5,401 pending cases
would have to be reviewed in light of the legislation.
One such case involves five North African terrorism suspects arrested in
April near Milan and charged with belonging to a criminal organization,
trafficking weapons and falsifying passports.
An Italian prosecutor investigating their suspected links with Al Qaeda has
gathered evidence from other countries, but it would have to be sought again
and resubmitted if it does not meet the new standard.
The measure could strengthen defendants' rights in at least one criminal
case against the 65-year-old tycoon-turned-prime minister.
Berlusconi, one of the world's richest individuals, was elected despite the
slow-moving corruption cases, which date to the mid-1990s. The charges stem
from his business activity in amassing three television networks, a
newspaper, a soccer team and extensive land, publishing and insurance
holdings.
In a case based in part on Swiss bank evidence, Berlusconi and a close
associate are accused of bribing judges in Rome to win a favorable ruling on
a large business transaction.
Defense lawyers last year asked an Italian court to reject legal documents
from Switzerland because their pages were numbered wrongly and were
photocopied, rather than original, material.
Bill Seen as Betraying a Promise to Allies
Switzerland's ambassador to Italy, Alexis Lautenberg, said he was
"astonished" by the legislation, which grew from legislative amendments to
an Italian-Swiss accord on judicial cooperation.
Amid a shouting match that brought Senate deliberations to a brief
suspension Tuesday, opposition lawmakers accused the government of betraying
a promise to Western allies to join a common legal front against terrorism.
Days after the Sept. 11 assaults, the European Union agreed in principle to
streamline criminal investigations by abolishing extradition procedures
among its 15 member countries, harmonizing their evidence procedures, and
making arrest and search warrants in one country applicable in all 14
others. Italy is a founding member of the EU.
The Italian legislation appears to violate that agreement. Center-left
opposition leader Francesco Rutelli said Berlusconi wants to rein in
"investigations on money laundering, tax havens and all other tools that
terrorist groups rely on to finance themselves."
Center-left leaders said they will challenge the law in Italy's
Constitutional Court if Ciampi signs it.
Gaetano Pecorella, Berlusconi's lawyer and the head of a parliamentary
judicial affairs committee, rejected the criticism as "grotesque."
He said the opposition "is looking for any occasion to say that our laws are
favoring one person or another or damaging the country."
Berlusconi won a separate victory last week when Parliament narrowed the
definition of certain white-collar crimes involving false accounting,
another allegation for which he is on trial.
At the same time, the prime minister offered his long-promised plan to deal
with the conflicts of interest resulting from his ownership of news media
outlets: Leaders of his majority coalition in Parliament will appoint a
three-member watchdog group to monitor "possible conflicts" and report back
to lawmakers.
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Mi domando solo quali siano le fonti di informazione dei giornalisti
stranieri e quanti di loro abbiano letto il testo della legge.
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Ciao.
Toni
"Fu un grande patriota, un filantropo, un amico fedele. sempreché sia morto
davvero, naturalmente". (Voltaire)

 davvero, naturalmente". (Voltaire)
Fu un grande presidente del consiglio, speriamo di poterlo dire al piů
presto.
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Toni
Certo Toni, i più grandi giornalisti del mondo sono un branco edi
stronzi che scrivono su una lgge senza lggerla, il CSM è composta da
magistrati idioti o faziosi, l'Associazione magistrati che rappresenta
8mila magistrati non capisce niente. Il governo svizzero nonb sa un
tubo! I magistrati svizzeri sono indignati, ma cverto non hanno letto
la legge!
L'ha letta solo Previti e i suoi avvocati.
SVEGLIA!
Ernesto
i criminali: SALVARLI TUTTI PER SALVARNE UNO

 ha scritto nel messaggio
news:3bbe30dc...@news.libero.it...
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Vedo con piacere che il tuo "appello a Ciampi" è stato ascoltato : il PdR ha
controfirmato la legge.
AH AH AH AH AH AH AH AH AH AH AH AH AH AH AH AH AH AH AH AH AH
'rnesto, quando si dice che "il pesce fà bene", non si intende mica che te
lo devi far pestare sul musone .... ;)))))))))))))))9
GZ

lo devi far pestare sul musone .... ;)))))))))))))))9
Caro GZ, zelante ma come al solito fuori dalle righe: IL MIO APPELLO A
CIAMPI NON RIGUARDAVA LA NON FIRMA DI ALCUNA LEGGE BENSI' TENDEVA A
SOLLECITARE LA RIHIESTA AFFINCHè IL BERLUSCONI RINUNCIASSE AI TERMINI
DI PRESCRIZIONE SUL REATO ENORME DI FALSO IN BILANCIO.
Era ovvio che poichè il piduista si sta facendo le leggi al solo scopo
di evitare le condanne alla galera che NON avrebbe accettato.
Ritengo però che avere promulgato l'infame legge sulle rogatorie
(infame a detta di tutti i governi, di tutti i giornali del mondo, di
tutte le magistrature) lo abbia e ci abbia sminuito. Immagino che
l'avrà fatto per evitare che si prolungasse lo scontro in parlamento
in questo momento grave per il mondo, tuttavia poichè ci aveva quasi
convinto a cantare di nuovo l'inno di Mameli credo che, come han fatto
ieri gli Azzurri, un dignitoso silenzio sia ora più canfacente.
ernesto
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 DI PRESCRIZIONE SUL REATO ENORME DI FALSO IN BILANCIO.
ma sei scemo ?
scrivi a Ciampi perchč estorca a Berlusconi le ridicole ciancialestiche
decisioni che tu auspichi ??
ma sei tarato marcio, sai ?