Italian Minister Probed Over Former Terrorist [Weekend Open Trackback]

Friday, 2 March, 2007

in Italy

Rome prosecutors are probing Welfare Minister Paolo Ferrero of the Communist Refoundation Party in connection with his controversial nomination of a former Red Brigade terrorist as part of a government advisory panel on drugs.

Ferrero has already annulled the appointment of Susanna Ronconi and the minister himself revealed on Thursday that prosecutors were looking into the nomination which enraged right-wingers in parliament.

Although he had initially defended the choice of Ronconi, he said legal advisors had judged the nomination illegitimate because she has been banned from public office.

Sources at the welfare ministry confirmed on Friday that prosecutors have sent Ferrero formal notice that he is being investigated. Under Italian law this does not necessarily mean he will be prosecuted. The probe aims to establish whether the minister can be charged with abuse of office.

Details of the case have been given to the Tribunal of Ministers, the only body which can carry out full investigations involving members of the government.

Ronconi heads the independent Forum Droghe association, which campaigns for the legalisation of ’soft’ drugs. She has written several papers on social policy in connection with drugs.

During the 1970s she was part of a Red Brigade group which staged an attack on an office of neo-Fascist MSI party and killed two party members.

Ronconi has expressed bitterness over Ferrero’s decision to strike her from the drugs panel.”I’m being nailed to something that happened 30 years ago and what has happened since then counts for nothing“. Actually, the former terrorist claimed on tuesday she was resigning due to “a bipartisan criticism” over her nomination to the government advisory panel. Now we know it wasn’t exactly so. She resigned because she has been perpetually banned from public office. Therefore, her nomination was illegitimate. Probably Mr.Ferrero was inadvertent when he decided to nominate Ronconi, or probably he was just ignorant about the law. Probably.

Prodi’s government finds very useful to nominate former communist terrorists as government advisors. Considering that, in Italy, communist terrorism appears alive and kicking, in the next few years there will be many new government advisors around…

Trackposted to Perri Nelson’s Website, Adam’s Blog, basil’s blog, Stuck On Stupid, Cao’s Blog, Jo’s Cafe, Conservative Thoughts, Rightlinx, third world county, stikNstein… has no mercy, Woman Honor Thyself, stikNstein… has no mercy, The Crazy Rants of Samantha Burns, The World According to Carl, Overtaken by Events, Pirate’s Cove, Dumb Ox Daily News, Right Voices, Outside the Beltway, Is It Just Me?, The Bullwinkle Blog, A Blog For All, The Uncooperative Blogger ®, Conservative Cat; Blue Star Chronicles, The Virtuous Republic, Random Dreamer, Renaissance Blogger, The Pink Flamingo, Leaning Straight Up, 123beta, The Right Nation, Gulf Coast Hurricane Tracker, Right Pundits, and Faultline USA

Trackback from:

_______________________

- Questo è un Open Trackback. Se avete un post che volete segnalare, durante tutto il fine settimana potrete fare un trackback a questo post (l’indirizzo da pingare è questo). E’ obbligatorio che nel post segnalato sia presente un link a questo post. Le segnalazioni verranno linkate in fondo a questo post, insieme al titolo e al nome del blog. Se la vostra piattaforma di blog non permette l’utilizzo del trackback, è possibile usare Simpletrack di Adam Kalsey o Wizbang Standalone Trackback Pinger.

- This is an Open Trackback post. During the weekend, you can submit your posts to this site. The Open Trackback article URL is this. The reciprocal ping URL is this. You can also use Linkfests. Enjoy and have a great weekend!

Share and Enjoy:
  • Print
  • del.icio.us
  • Facebook
  • Google Bookmarks
  • FriendFeed
  • LinkedIn
  • Technorati
  • Tumblr
  • Twitter
  • Wikio

    Nessun articolo correlato

{ 42 trackbacks }

Conservative Cat
Friday, 2 March, 2007 at 23:12
The Amboy Times
Friday, 2 March, 2007 at 23:33
Faultline USA
Saturday, 3 March, 2007 at 0:38
Diary of the Mad Pigeon
Saturday, 3 March, 2007 at 0:53
Blog @ Morewhat.com
Saturday, 3 March, 2007 at 1:01
Pursuing Holiness
Saturday, 3 March, 2007 at 1:31
Pirate's Cove
Saturday, 3 March, 2007 at 1:45
Mark My Words
Saturday, 3 March, 2007 at 3:55
Blue Star Chronicles
Saturday, 3 March, 2007 at 5:14
Renaissance Blogger
Saturday, 3 March, 2007 at 6:27
Rhymes With Right
Saturday, 3 March, 2007 at 6:28
Rhymes With Right
Saturday, 3 March, 2007 at 6:29
The Pink Flamingo
Saturday, 3 March, 2007 at 6:46
Shadowscope
Saturday, 3 March, 2007 at 11:36
Pirate's Cove
Saturday, 3 March, 2007 at 14:09
Overtaken by Events
Saturday, 3 March, 2007 at 15:11
stikNstein....has no mercy
Saturday, 3 March, 2007 at 18:09
The Right Nation
Saturday, 3 March, 2007 at 18:43
Diary of the Mad Pigeon
Saturday, 3 March, 2007 at 20:34
A Blog For All
Saturday, 3 March, 2007 at 20:59
Planck's Constant
Saturday, 3 March, 2007 at 22:34
The Amboy Times
Sunday, 4 March, 2007 at 2:08
Blue Star Chronicles
Sunday, 4 March, 2007 at 2:39
Right Voices
Sunday, 4 March, 2007 at 3:14
Mark My Words
Sunday, 4 March, 2007 at 3:15
Gulf Coast Hurricane Tracker
Sunday, 4 March, 2007 at 3:34
Gulf Coast Hurricane Tracker
Sunday, 4 March, 2007 at 5:13
Leaning Straight Up
Sunday, 4 March, 2007 at 5:57
Big Dogs Weblog
Sunday, 4 March, 2007 at 7:14
Leaning Straight Up
Sunday, 4 March, 2007 at 10:43
Right Pundits
Sunday, 4 March, 2007 at 10:56
Rhymes With Right
Sunday, 4 March, 2007 at 16:40
Rhymes With Right
Sunday, 4 March, 2007 at 16:56
Rhymes With Right
Sunday, 4 March, 2007 at 17:01
Tel-Chai Nation
Sunday, 4 March, 2007 at 20:03
Adam's Blog
Sunday, 4 March, 2007 at 21:45
Planck's Constant
Monday, 5 March, 2007 at 2:21
Mark My Words
Monday, 5 March, 2007 at 3:42
rightlinx.com
Monday, 5 March, 2007 at 4:13
Woman Honor Thyself
Monday, 5 March, 2007 at 5:46
The Mote in God's Eye
Monday, 5 March, 2007 at 8:18
Pursuing Holiness
Monday, 5 March, 2007 at 21:37

Comments on this entry are closed.

Previous post:

Next post: