The imam of Turin returns to freedom. Meloni: 'Security impossible if judges annul all measures'

The Viminale did not like the decision of the Turin Court of Appeal that 'freed' the imam of San Salvario Mohamed Shahin. And now, reportedly, the ministry offices are considering appealing against the judges' decision. It was Minister Matteo Piantedosi who signed the deportation decree for Shahin. The decision was criticised by the majority political forces. This adds a new chapter in the clash between the government and magistrates. The imam left the Caltanissetta CPR. He was given a temporary residence permit issued by the Caltanissetta Police Headquarters.

Premier Giorgia Meloni. "The Turin Court of Appeal," she wrote on social media, "has ordered the cessation of the detention of Imam Mohamed Shahin, recipient of an expulsion decree signed by Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi. We are talking about a person who called the 7 October attack an act of 'resistance', denying its violence. Which, in my neck of the woods, means justifying, if not instigating, terrorism. Can someone explain to me how we can defend the security of Italians if every initiative that goes in this direction is systematically annulled by some judges?"

"This is yet another invasion of the field by certain ideologised and politicised judiciary that would like to replace politics. I say "would like to" because fortunately the citizens in a few weeks, at the beginning of March, will have an appointment with history: the referendum to say yes to the reform of justice and move some of this ideology away from the courts". Thus the vice-premier and leader of the League, Matteo Salvini commenting on the imam's release, after his statements at a Pro Pal event. Salvini said this in the recording of his speech to 'Fourth Republic'. On the referendum on justice, he added that he is convinced that 'it will be an important step forward, a point of passage and not of arrival', stressing that the next step is 'also to arrive at the civil responsibility of magistrates, who if they make mistakes must pay. In recent years 32,000 Italians have ended up unjustly in prison with their lives ruined and then a pat on the back and 'excuse me, we made a mistake'"