Overview
- The association of Corte dei conti magistrates publicly warned that the draft infrastructure decree would hollow out their legality checks and curb liability for damages to public finances.
- According to reports of the draft, the text would limit review to a new Cipess resolution rather than the underlying acts, a change critics say could bypass earlier objections on environmental and procurement grounds.
- The government says the decree remains a work in progress, with Matteo Salvini calling early criticism baseless and indicating he plans to take the text to the Council of Ministers within days.
- The draft envisions appointing Pietro Ciucci, CEO of the Stretto di Messina company, as government commissioner to coordinate the legality review and the path to a new Cipess decision.
- Environmental groups and opposition figure Angelo Bonelli backed the magistrates, while Il Post reported the presidency of the Republic has privately urged further revisions to the text.