The Chamber of Deputies has refused the Rome Public Prosecutor’s Office’s request to obtain the chat records between the former undersecretary and Caroccia, following a debate in which the government and the opposition put on an embarrassing spectacle. And there is controversy over the comments made by Bignami (FdI) regarding Scalfaro

Rather than returning the material, which had been submitted in an irregular manner by MP Lo Voi, to the sender, the Speaker of the Chamber made it available to the Authorisations Committee, and the opposition requested to examine it. Fontana prevented this and now intends to refer the decision back to the committee

“The majority is certainly not doing the former Secretary of Justice any favours; it is making his position worse and casting it in a light of doubt and suspicion,” says the chair of the Chamber’s authorisations committee

The Rome Public Prosecutor sent a letter to the Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies an hour before the vote on the request for authorisation to access Delmastro’s chat records. The vote was postponed, amid criticism from the centre-right. Later that evening, the former undersecretary forwarded the messages to the public prosecutor’s office

From tomorrow, members of the Authorisations Committee will have access to the documentation sent to the Chamber by Rome’s public prosecutor Lo Voi, in a letter addressed to President Fontana regarding the case of the former Under-Secretary of State for Justice. President Dori (AVS): “The centre-right is against it, but I must protect everyone’s rights”

Regional Council President Dori has called an immediate meeting of the Bureau to discuss the letter from Rome’s Chief Public Prosecutor, Francesco Lo Voi, to the Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies, Lorenzo Fontana, regarding the use of chat messages between the former undersecretary and the restaurateur Caroccia. Costa (FI): “An unusual procedure”

The Montecitorio Executive Committee has rejected the Rome Public Prosecutor’s Office’s request to obtain the conversations between the FdI MP and the owner of ‘Bisteccherie d’Italia’. However, the final decision will rest with the Chamber of Deputies. The Five Star Movement protests: “Executive committees have been turned into a safe haven for right-wing politicians”