Nicola Cosentino tonight he will sleep peacefully and blissfully in his bed. For him, no Poggioreale prison: the House rejected the arrest request against the deputy of the PDL accused by the magistrates of being the political referent of the Casalesi clan. The assembly of Deputies expressed itself with 309 votes against and 298 in favor.
The vote has taken place by secret ballot, at the request of the People and Territory group. It was decisive for the outcome of the vote the change of course of the League, which on Tuesday in the junta for the authorizations to proceed had instead sided in a compact way for the handcuffs.
The sensational about-face came on the precise indication of the secretary, Umberto Bossi, who in the Cesarini area decided to leave freedom of conscience to his deputies. That's how it reopens the clash between the Senatùr and the number two of the party, Roberto Maroni, which two days seemed to have managed to impose its position in favor of the arrest: "No fumus persecutionis," said Bobo.
If the episode reopens a wound never fully healed inside the Carroccio, instead, it prevents the definitive rift between the green shirts and the PDL from being consummated. Although divided in Parliament, Bossi and Berlusconi remain friends.
