Nordio "blinds" Bartolozzi: "She is loyal." Tajani: "I censor her, but Gratteri is scary"

"Giusi Bartolozzi is a chief of staff with great experience, who has accumulated political experience alongside her experience as a magistrate, and has always been extremely loyal and extremely hardworking. Therefore, resignations are requested for much more serious reasons." With these words, today Justice Minister Carlo Nordio has once again backed his 'number two at Via Arenula', confirming that she will remain in her position.

From the Pd, there are immediate attacks and a bit of irony: "does loyalty really justify everything? Minister, you represent the Ministry of Justice, which, due to the history of this country, does not deserve to be dragged through the mud by someone who, in carrying out such a delicate and important role, shows no sense of institutions and respect for the Constitution and its balances and utters subversive phrases," bites back the Democrat Debora Serracchiani.

The umpteenth defense of Nordio for Bartolozzi comes on a day that has been dominated by controversies surrounding one of the strong names of the No front, Naples prosecutor Nicola Gratteri. The stone was thrown into the pond by Foglio director Claudio Cerasa, who published a post revealing an exchange of remarks between the prosecutor and a journalist.

"We called Gratteri - the post reads - to understand why he said that Sal Da Vinci will vote 'no' in the referendum (false). He told us: I was joking. And he added: "If you want to speculate, go ahead. After the referendum, we will settle accounts with you from the Foglio, we will set up a network."

The reaction from the center-right was immediate, accusing Gratteri of 'disturbing threats', of 'innuendos and insults' that should be censured, even calling for, with Enrico Costa from Forza Italia, 'an urgent report' to the Minister of Justice.

After a few hours, Gratteri materialized: "I know well what it means to be the target of threats. Our legal system provides 90 days to file a criminal complaint and five years for civil action. As soon as I have a little time, I will consider whether to take action against those newspapers that I believe have harmed my image, with a complaint or a civil citation".

In the middle was Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani, who salomonically censured both Bartolozzi and Gratteri: «I do not share Bartolozzi's words, but Gratteri is frightening», explained the Deputy Prime Minister. However, outside of Via Arenula, there remains the silence of the center-right on the Bartolozzi case, and the irritation of Palazzo Chigi seems not to have evaporated.

But the referendum is approaching, and it is not the time to initiate a reckoning on crucial days in light of the latest polls that showed No ahead, albeit by a whisker. Also because Carlo Nordio has confirmed a future reform that reveals a plan. He did so by linking the referendum vote to the case that has been dividing Italy for years, Garlasco. «I believe that after the reform we will make following this reform, there should no longer be cases like Garlasco: because we will implement - assured the Minister of Justice - the accusatory process».

A reform after the reform, then. And he added that the government is «already studying» the implementing laws of the reform, which are no small matter.