Rome, 12 Oct. (LaPresse) – “We knew nothing about the appeal regarding a conflict of jurisdiction filed, in relation to the Delmastro case, by the Chair of the Authorisations Committee, Devis Dori, against the President, Lorenzo Fontana. This does not seem normal to me. It would certainly have been the right thing to do, from an institutional point of view, to at least inform the Bureau of such an initiative.” So said Dario Iaia, FdI group leader on the Authorisations Committee, when contacted by LaPresse. “In the interests of institutional propriety, it would have been appropriate to inform us,” he continued. “And it is paradoxical that a journalist should be in possession of an appeal lodged by the Committee Chair, whilst the members are not even aware that it has been filed.” “Furthermore, I also have doubts from a legal perspective regarding the appeal lodged, as the issue of the chairman’s standing to act independently needs to be examined in greater depth, given that he himself is not the representative of a monocratic body,” he added. At this stage, as early as the next meeting of the Bureau, we will formally request that a copy of the appeal be made available to the Council so that we may carry out the necessary assessments; this is also because, should President Fontana appear in court, we could find ourselves in the paradoxical situation where the Council would be called upon to express an opinion on an appeal lodged by its own president. We will also need to ascertain how much longer President Dori can remain in that post and to what extent the relationship of trust can be considered compromised, because he no longer appears to be – nor is he in any way – an impartial figure, and this is not the first time this has happened.”
Delmastro case: FdI: “The council chair’s appeal is ill-timed; confidence has been undermined”
Rome, 12 Oct. (LaPresse) – “We knew nothing about the appeal regarding a conflict of jurisdiction filed, in relation to the Delmastro case, by the Chair of the Authorisations Committee, Devis Dori, against the President, Lorenzo Fontana. This does not seem normal to me. It would certainly have been the right thing to do, from an institutional point of view, to at least inform the Bureau of such an initiative.” So said Dario Iaia, FdI group leader on the Authorisations Committee, when contacted by LaPresse. “In the interests of institutional propriety, it would have been appropriate to inform us,” he continued. “And it is paradoxical that a journalist should be in possession of an appeal lodged by the Committee Chair, whilst the members are not even aware that it has been filed.” “Furthermore, I also have doubts from a legal perspective regarding the appeal lodged, as the issue of the chairman’s standing to act independently needs to be examined in greater depth, given that he himself is not the representative of a monocratic body,” he added. At this stage, as early as the next meeting of the Bureau, we will formally request that a copy of the appeal be made available to the Council so that we may carry out the necessary assessments; this is also because, should President Fontana appear in court, we could find ourselves in the paradoxical situation where the Council would be called upon to express an opinion on an appeal lodged by its own president. We will also need to ascertain how much longer President Dori can remain in that post and to what extent the relationship of trust can be considered compromised, because he no longer appears to be – nor is he in any way – an impartial figure, and this is not the first time this has happened.”