Overview
- The Superior Council of the Judiciary approved the First Commission’s proposal to archive the transfer-of-office proceeding, with six abstentions reported.
- The decision states there was no anomaly or abnormity in Francesco Lo Voi’s conduct and finds no environmental or functional incompatibility in his role in Rome.
- Center-right lay members had sought the transfer and filed a disciplinary complaint after Lo Voi recorded Giorgia Meloni, Carlo Nordio, Matteo Piantedosi and Alfredo Mantovano as suspects, alleging political misuse of office.
- After receiving Luigi Li Gotti’s complaint tied to the Osama Almasri affair, Lo Voi entered the officials in the register and immediately sent the case to the Tribunal of Ministers without conducting investigative acts.
- Following the Tribunal’s inquiry, Lo Voi asked to dismiss peculation charges for all and favoring for Mantovano; judges archived only Meloni and sought to proceed against the others, a request later rejected by the Chamber of Deputies.