Prosecutors have appealed last year’s acquittal against Italian Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini over his blocking of an NGO boat from dumping illegals into the country in 2019.
Salvini and his allies have claimed that the judiciary is embarking upon lawfare efforts to criminalise protecting Italy’s borders, as prosecutors in Palermo said on Friday that they plan to appeal to the Supreme Court of Cassation in a bid to overturn a decision clearing the populist League leader in December, public wire agency ANSA reports.
Responding to the appeal announcement, Salvini said per RAI: “I’ve had over thirty hearings, the Tribunal has me acquitted…
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