Magistrate attacks Meloni for not having signed the decree with the salary increases

Insults on social media against the prime minister from a magistrate for not having signed a Prime Ministerial Decree with which to allocate almost a billion euros to salary increases for magistrates. Aimi, a lay member of the CSM, requests a check for any disciplinary profiles on the perpetrator of the offense

"The dwarf villager doesn't have time to sign a decree. A commissioner ad acta will take care of it! Poor Italy." There is controversy over the post that appeared on the Facebook wall of Alessandro Di Cicco, a magistrate serving at the Rome prosecutor's office, in reference to Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's decision not to sign the decree which provided for salary increases for magistrates. The person concerned denies being responsible, claims to have suffered a hacker attack and announces his intention to file a complaint: "My Facebook profile was hacked and I'm going to the police station to report it. It wasn't me who wrote that post about the prime minister, I was traveling and when I realized what had happened, that is, that someone had written that text on my profile, I immediately proceeded to delete it - Di Cicco told Adnkronos -. I didn't imagine this outcry, now I'm going to report what happened at the police station. It's one thing not to share the prime minister's positions, it's another to insult."

Aimi: “CSM checks any disciplinary profiles”

Meanwhile, Enrico Aimi, a lay member of the Superior Council of the Judiciary, had already harshly criticized the post published on Di Cicco's profile: "Defining the Prime Minister as a 'dwarf villager' - he said - is a fact that deserves careful evaluation. Freedom of expression is a fundamental right and must be guaranteed to everyone, including magistrates. But whoever exercises such a delicate function as the judicial one is required to observe duties of balance, fairness and respect for the institutions, even when he intervenes in the debate public". Aimi added: "For this reason I have asked for the opening of a case to the Superior Council of the Judiciary, so that the facts can be verified and the possible existence of disciplinary profiles assessed. I have also requested the transmission to the Fourth Commission for the aspects that may be relevant for the purposes of professionalism assessments, in compliance with the competences of the various bodies. It is not a question of limiting the right of criticism nor of introducing privileges or censures, but of affirming an essential principle: the prestige and credibility of the judiciary are also protected through public behavior characterized to measure and institutional respect. Institutions deserve respect, always.

Meloni's decision

The issue follows the Prime Minister's decision not to sign the decree that would have given the green light to salary increases for magistrates: "In good conscience I cannot put my signature on a Prime Ministerial Decree with which I would have to allocate almost a billion euros to salary increases for magistrates", Meloni told Adnkronos. A figure, the Prime Minister underlined, which "is ten times more than what I am looking for just to address the issue of road transport and prevent the delivery of goods from being blocked throughout Italy. After that, if the representative associations want to look for a solution together, I am, as always, ready to listen to them, also because I am convinced that the majority of magistrates understand the situation and the priorities of this moment".

The reaction of the robes

The adjustments to the salaries of magistrates are "provided for by law" and "the actual amounts will be significantly lower than those circulated", was the reaction of the judges. The judiciary cannot be transformed into the scapegoat for the country's economic difficulties. No gift, no bonus, no increase: the sums that the Prime Minister has spoken about in these hours are salary differences provided for by law and not paid for years, not comparable to those hypothesized in recent days", underlined the central executive council of the ANM.