Italy has lifted immunity from prosecution for far-right leader Matteo Salvini, paving the way for a trial that could end his career
ROME - Italian senators voted on Wednesday to lift immunity for far-right leader Matteo Salvini, opening the way for a potentially career-ending trial over accusations that he illegally detained migrants at sea last year.
The upper house Senate voted 152-76 in favour of removing the legal protection that had shielded him as a former cabinet minister. The ruling coalition of the anti-establishment 5-Star Movement, the centre-left Democratic Party and other small centrist and leftist groups supported lifting his immunity.Aware that the vote looked certain to go against him, Salvini sought to make political capital out of the case, saying he had only been defending national interests.
Leader of Italy's far-right party Matteo Salvini is seen at the Senate ahead of a vote on whether to pursue an investigation against him that could give rise to a trial for alleged kidnapping of migrants, in Rome, Italy February 12, 2020. REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane Magistrates in Sicily believe it was an abuse of power that amounted to de facto kidnapping. But under Italian law, former ministers cannot be tried for actions undertaken while in office unless parliament authorises the investigation.
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