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ITALY: Meloni Under Investigation Over Release Of Libyan Judicial Police Head

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Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has released a video on social media confirming that public prosecutor Francesco Lovoi has confirmed that she, as well as Justice Minister Carlo Nordio, Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosim and Secretary of the Council of Ministers Alfredo Mantovano, have been placed under investigation in a case relating to the repatriation of a Libyan police officer. Reuters notes Meloni "is under no obligation to resign, and being placed under investigation in Italy does not imply guilt, nor mean that formal charges will necessarily follow."

  • Meloni: "Today's news is this: the public prosecutor Francesco Lovoi, the same one from the failed trial of Matteo Salvini for kidnapping, has just sent me a notice of investigation for the crimes of aiding and abetting and embezzlement in relation to the affair of the repatriation of the citizen Almasri,[...]".
  • As The Telegraph reported last week, Meloni "is under intense pressure to explain why Italy released an alleged Libyan general who is wanted for committing war crimes and crimes against humanity. The Italian prime minister is facing questions from the International Criminal Court, as well as opposition parties, over the detention and sudden release of Osama Almasri Najim, the chief of Libya’s judicial police."
  • Meloni claims "I will not be blackmailed, I will not allow myself to be intimidated, which is why I am, let's say, disliked by those who do not want Italy to change and become better," 
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Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has released a video on social media confirming that public prosecutor Francesco Lovoi has confirmed that she, as well as Justice Minister Carlo Nordio, Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosim and Secretary of the Council of Ministers Alfredo Mantovano, have been placed under investigation in a case relating to the repatriation of a Libyan police officer. Reuters notes Meloni "is under no obligation to resign, and being placed under investigation in Italy does not imply guilt, nor mean that formal charges will necessarily follow."

  • Meloni: "Today's news is this: the public prosecutor Francesco Lovoi, the same one from the failed trial of Matteo Salvini for kidnapping, has just sent me a notice of investigation for the crimes of aiding and abetting and embezzlement in relation to the affair of the repatriation of the citizen Almasri,[...]".
  • As The Telegraph reported last week, Meloni "is under intense pressure to explain why Italy released an alleged Libyan general who is wanted for committing war crimes and crimes against humanity. The Italian prime minister is facing questions from the International Criminal Court, as well as opposition parties, over the detention and sudden release of Osama Almasri Najim, the chief of Libya’s judicial police."
  • Meloni claims "I will not be blackmailed, I will not allow myself to be intimidated, which is why I am, let's say, disliked by those who do not want Italy to change and become better,"