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Italian prosecutors seek six-year sentence for Salvini
Italian prosecutors Saturday requested a six-year prison sentence for Matteo Salvini, Italy's far-right deputy prime minister, for blocking migrants from disembarking at one of the country's ports in 2019.
Salvini, a partner in Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's coalition, is on trial for alleged deprivation of liberty and abuse of office for keeping 147 migrants at sea for weeks on a ship run by the Open Arms charity.
"The prosecution has asked for former interior minister Salvini to be sentenced to six years," Open Arms' lawyer Arturo Salerni told AFP, as the "long and difficult trial" nears an end.
A verdict in the trial, which began in October 2021, could come next month, he said. Salvini would be free to appeal any decision.
Salvini was not present, but on Facebook he said: "Six years in prison for having blocked arrivals and defended Italy and Italians? Madness. Defending Italy is not a crime."
Meloni also criticised the prosecutors.
"It is incredible that a minister of the Italian Republic risks 6 years in prison for doing his job defending the nation's borders, as required by the mandate received from its citizens," the prime minister wrote on X.
In summing up, prosecutor Geri Ferrara told the Palermo court in Sicily that there was "one key principle that is not debatable".
"Between human rights and the protection of state sovereignty, it is human rights that must prevail in our fortunately democratic system," he said.
The ship was stuck at sea for nearly three weeks before the migrants were finally allowed to disembark on the island of Lampedusa following a court order.
Members of Open Arms have testified that the migrants' physical and mental well-being reached a crisis point as sanitary conditions onboard became dire, including a scabies outbreak.
- 'Chaos' -
Salvini, head of the anti-immigration League party and interior minister at the time, testified in January that he had understood that "the situation was not at risk" onboard the ship.
"The POS (safe port) should have been provided immediately and without delay," prosecutor Marzia Sabella said Saturday, according to Italian media reports.
"Refusing to do so was breaking the rules, not being in line with a government plan," and Salvini's "choices" had given rise to "chaos", she said.
A populist known for an "Italians first" policy, Salvini has repeatedly used attacks against illegal immigration to boost his political capital.
In 2019, serving under prime minister Giuseppe Conte, he implemented a "closed ports" policy under which Italy refused entry to charity ships that rescue migrants stranded while crossing the Mediterranean.
He cast it as a tough measure against traffickers who operate boats between North Africa and Italy and Malta, the deadliest migrant crossing in the world.
Much of the trial has been focused on determining whether the decision-making and responsibility in the case lay with the Conte government or Salvini alone.
Salvini has previously faced a similar trial, accused of refusing to allow 116 migrants to disembark from an Italian coastguard boat in July 2019. But it was thrown out by a court in Catania in 2021.
X.M.Francisco--PC