Italian politician angry at Musk’s comments on judicial independence: “Don’t get involved”

This article was originally published in Italian

“These judges have to go“, Elon Musk, the billionaire owner of Tesla, wrote candidly in X on Tuesday, commenting on the news published by a user on the social network about the decision of the Court of Rome to suspend the legality of the detention of seven immigrants in Albania. Happened.

The comments were made by Musk, who was recently named a new external advisor to the Trump administration Strong reactions from Italian politicians,

Comments from Tesla and SpaceX’s number one also came from Deputy Prime Minister and League leader Matteo Salvini: “elon musk is right“, the transport minister wrote on Facebook, “On December 20 (I) as interior minister, could get a six-year prison sentence for preventing the disembarkation of illegal immigrants. Viewed from abroad, all this seems even more incredible,” he wrote.

Simona Bonafay, leader of the democratic group in the Constitutional Affairs Commission of the Chamber of Deputies, from the Democratic Party (PD), commented on Musk’s words: “The attack on Italian judges for decisions regarding immigrants transferred to Albania represents Unacceptable interference in the internal affairs of our country,

Bonafay described Musk’s realization as “serious.” politically authorized “Delegitimizing the Italian judiciary” with phrases like “these judges must go”.

“Italy and Europe get no lessons in democracy from anyone, least of all from Elon Musk, whose sole purpose is undermine our core values“The rule of law, the most basic principle of our democracy, begins with the independence of the judiciary,” he responded on social networks. sandro gozzi, Renew Europe MEP and Secretary General of the European Democratic Party.

“(Musk should) focus on space, not on our democratic systems of governance obviously he doesn’t know anything“he adds.

In a note, Angelo Bonelli, spokesperson for Green Europe and MEP of the Green Left Alliance, said “A clear indication of what Musk wants to achieve, That is, creating a technocratic autocracy without democracy thanks to its economic empire.”

Bonelli further said, “Its conquest of space, with its social platforms, with its satellites, through which it can create situations of military and geopolitical conflicts, such as in Ukraine, poses a problem for democracy. Is.” which the Italian Prime Minister condemns “Very serious words from Elon Musk in defense of our Constitution and our judiciary.”

immigration detention in albania

On Monday, the Immigration Section of the Court of Rome Validity of arrest warrant suspended Last week seven migrants were transferred to a repatriation center built by Italy in Albania.

Sentence blocked for the second time Attempt to enforce by the Italian government The externalization model of reception and repatriation of immigrants, based on an agreement signed with Tirana last year, and which part of Europe has been watched with interest.

seven asylum seekers arrive Egypt and BangladeshBoth countries have already been at the center of conflict for several weeks between justice and governmentWhich first challenged the Rome Court’s decision of 18 October before the Court of Cassation (which will deliver its verdict on 4 December) and then took political action.

In fact, at the end of October, the Council of Ministers approved A decree-law with an updated list of so-called “safe countries” for immigrants, with the intention of overcoming the legal barrier imposed by EU law with a higher ranking standard than the previous inter-ministerial decree.