The Senate gave OK to authorization to proceed, for review, against Carlos Calenda: the leader of the Action will therefore go on trial for aggravated defamation after being sued for Clemente Mastella for a tweet in which, according to the former Minister of Justice, Calenda associated him with the mafia. In favor of the request, the center-left groups with a total of 54 votes, while the center right he abstained with 85 votes. No votes against.
The vote in the Chamber confirmed the vote of the Elections and Immunities Committee of October 1st, right on the lines between the majority and the opposition. With the only difference being the Avs vote, absent on that occasion.
On April 3, Calenda criticized the choice on Twitter Emma Bonino to enter the list of the United States of Europe together with Matteo Renzi and other centrists, with a view to the European elections in June. “It makes no sense to make a list that includes movements that will go to different European political groups – he wrote on social media, addressing Bonino – It makes no sense to transport, even through a third party, Cuffaro, Caesar AND Mastella. Mafia culture is the opposite of European values.” Words that infuriated the mayor of Benevento who immediately announced legal action.
An aggravated defamation trial was opened in the case. The investigating judge at the Rome court asked Palazzo Madama to decide whether to grant immunity to the parliamentarian.
