Book presentation “Non diamoci del tu: la separazione delle carriere" written by Giuseppe Benedetto
On Tuesday 30th May, the presentation of the book 'Non diamoci del tu' by Giuseppe Benedetto, president of the Luigi Einaudi Foundation, was held in Trieste. Published by Rubbettino, the book deals with the issue of the separation of the careers of Italian magistrates, between those who perform the functions of public prosecutor and those of judge. The author discussed the issue with the mayor of Trieste Roberto Dipiazza and with Giuseppe Antonione, president of the Manlio Cecovini Study Society, which organised the event in collaboration with the Luigi Einaudi Foundation, taking up a suggestion by lawyer Andrea Fassini.
'Today's conference,' began Antonione, 'is a very important cultural moment for our association. It seems significant to me, and symbolically interesting, that this collaboration, this ideal twinning between the Manlio Cecovini Study Society and the Einaudi Foundation makes reference to two figures that I would define as two giants of free thought: Luigis Einaudi and Manlio Cecovini. At a time when many have realised how necessary it is to remove the patina that has settled over time on the foundations of our institutions, even though Italy is endowed with one of the most beautiful Constitutions, the issue of justice reform and in particular the separation of careers becomes an absolute priority'.
'Our proposal, the one filed by the Luigi Einaudi Foundation and the Union of the Criminal Chambers, is very clear: we do not want any Pm controlled by the executive, we want two autonomous Csm, one Csm for the judge and one for the public prosecution,' said Benedetto. 'That of the Pm controlled by politicians is an instrumentalisation that comes from a certain part of the militant judiciary, which as soon as there is talk of separation of careers raises high cries. There must not be, and there will not be, any control by the executive," he stressed. 'I trust Minister Nordio and the consistency of his behaviour with respect to the ideas that have long been known'.
