(ANSA) – ROME, FEB 4 – The whips of centre-left opposition parties in the Lower House are set to send a letter to Speaker Lorenzo Fontana asking for a session on Wednesday at which Justice Minister Carlo Nordio and Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi will report on the case of Libyan official Osama Almasri to be broadcast live on television, parliamentary sources said Tuesday.
The centre-left party whips in the Lower House made the move after learning the Senate session on Almasri will be broadcast live.
The centre-left’s request for a live broadcast in the House, which needs a unanimous vote, was previously rejected because it was not favoured by some members of the majority coalition, the Minister for Relations with Parliament Luca Ciriani said.
Nordio and Piantedosi are set to report to the House at 12:15 and the Senate at 15:30 on Wednesday.
The letter said there was no “plausible motive” for the different way in which the parliamentary debates would be managed by the two Houses, “especially in relation to such a grave and relevant case for the country”.
It was signed by MPs Chiara Braga (Democratic Party, PD), Riccardo Ricciardi (Five-Star Movement, M5S), Luana Zanella (Green-Left Alliance, AVS), Matteo Richetti (Azione), Davide Faraone (Italia Viva) and Riccardo Magi (+Europa). (ANSA).
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The centre-left party whips in the Lower House made the move after learning the Senate session on Almasri will be broadcast live.
The centre-left’s request for a live broadcast in the House, which needs a unanimous vote, was previously rejected because it was not favoured by some members of the majority coalition, the Minister for Relations with Parliament Luca Ciriani said.
Nordio and Piantedosi are set to report to the House at 12:15 and the Senate at 15:30 on Wednesday.
The letter said there was no “plausible motive” for the different way in which the parliamentary debates would be managed by the two Houses, “especially in relation to such a grave and relevant case for the country”.
It was signed by MPs Chiara Braga (Democratic Party, PD), Riccardo Ricciardi (Five-Star Movement, M5S), Luana Zanella (Green-Left Alliance, AVS), Matteo Richetti (Azione), Davide Faraone (Italia Viva) and Riccardo Magi (+Europa). (ANSA).
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