Salvini according to acquittal: I continue to fight for mass immigration!

Salvini according to acquittal: I continue to fight for mass immigration!

In the right -wing conservative Italy, the court ruling causes excitement: Matteo Salvini, the Vice Prime Minister and Boss of the Lega, was recently acquitted of severe allegations in Palermo. He was indictment for abuse of office and deprivation of freedom in connection with the blockade of the refugee ship Open ARM in 2019. At that time, Salvini, as Interior Minister of the rescue mission, had denied the entrance to the port of Lampedusa for almost three weeks, while 147 migrants were waiting on board. The public prosecutor had asked for six years in prison, but the court decided differently and waived a punishment that was celebrated in the courtroom with a loud applause, reported Krone.at.

Salvini remains combative

After the acquittal, Salvini proudly commented and, according to Ze.it, said that he would continue to fight for mass migration. "We have proven that the fight against mass immigration is not a crime," he added. He received support from various political pages; For example, Hungary's head of government Viktor Orbán congratulated on X. Salvini, who is currently Minister of Transport, emphasized that he would continue to be hard on illegal immigrants in the future. He only wanted to protect the national borders of Italy and sees himself as an advocate of Italian security.

The controversy around Salvini are not new. During his term of office as the interior minister, he threatened numerous aid organizations with fines to attempted to save refugees in the Mediterranean. Despite international offers to record the migrants, he was adamant. After the verdict, he announced that he would pursue his line even more consistently. Salvini and the government of Giorgia Meloni represent a clear course against the rescue missions in the Mediterranean, which continues to tense the political situation in Italy, as Ze.it reported.