Rome prosecutors move to bring Bartolozzi to trial
The Rome prosecutor's office has formally asked for Giusi Bartolozzi, the former chief of staff to Justice Minister Carlo Nordio, to be sent to trial. She is accused of giving false information to prosecutors in connection with the Almasri case.
The case centers on the Libyan general Osama Almasri, who is accused of torture, was first arrested in Italy, and then returned to Libya on an aircraft operated by Italian intelligence services. A tidy little chain of events, if you are not the person trying to explain it in court.
According to reports from Corriere della Sera, la Repubblica and La Stampa, the Rome prosecutors have now completed the step needed to seek a trial.
Parliament weighs its own response
Bartolozzi's role has also triggered a political and institutional reaction in the Chamber of Deputies. On Monday, the bureau of the lower house decided to propose that the Chamber raise a conflict of attribution before the Constitutional Court against the Rome prosecutor's office.
The vote on that proposal is scheduled for next week.
For now, the legal and parliamentary tracks are moving in parallel, which is often a sign that the story is no longer just about one official, but about who gets to say what, and when.
