Giorgio Napolitano tightens ranks in defense of the judiciary and throws water on the flames of a conflict, the one "between politics and justice", increasingly soaked in petrol, "in the interest of the country". The clear but implicit reference of the President of the Republic, in a speech to Luiss, is to the continuous attacks launched by Silvio Berlusconi on the robes, most recently in his recent video message.
For Napolitano, politics and justice should not and cannot be "hostile worlds guided by mutual suspicion". The President of the Republic warned that "There is nothing more demanding and delicate than administering justice, guaranteeing that rigorous observance of the law, that strict control of legality, which represent an absolute imperative for the health of the Republic".
To the magistrates, on the other hand, Napolitano recommended a change of course, "a less defensive and more proactive attitude with respect to the discourse on the reforms that justice undoubtedly needs and which can be fully placed within the framework of the principles of the Constitution".
