The gup Tiziana Gueli accepted the request for postponement of the preliminary hearing presented by the lawyers of Minister Daniela Santanchè in the procedure in which it is accused of Scam against the INPS. The next hearing was set on May 20.
The judge granted the terms to defense to the lawyer Salvatore Pino, who took over from yesterday to his colleague Salvatore Sanzo. The lawyer asked for the postponement to be able to study the investigation papers he does not know.
Legal, from prosecutor opposition to postponement
“On the part of the prosecutors there was a tenacious opposition because they believed that there were no conditions for the postponement but the judge decided with wisdom and, moreover, there was no reason to deny the application”. This was explained by the lawyer Salvatore Pino, a legal law of Daniela Santanchè.
“Ours was a simple request for postponement, as there are a thousand other processes in which the lawyer changes – added Pino -. No dilator maneuver, I will assist the minister and it is not excluded that he makes himself heard in the classroom but I have to evaluate why the approach to the file was recent”.
“INPS will collect the constitution of a civil party, has taken note that there are no more slopes in progress”. This was stated by the lawyer Salvatore Pino. The Public Prosecutor disputes alleged irregularities related to layoff for 13 employees, During Covid, by the Company Visibilia with damage for the social security institution. Pino explained that the INPS It was compensated with “something in more than 126 thousand euros” and which will therefore leave the procedure and will no longer be a civil party. “I heard the minister yesterday and it is very peaceful” said the lawyer who assists the defendant together with Nicolo ‘Pelanda, now absent for a legitimate impediment as it was committed to another trial.
No long postponement for prescription risk
In opposing a postponement they deemed “long”, on May 20, the prosecutors Marina Gravina to Luigi Luzi underlined the “prescription risk” for some of the charges contested to the minister Daniela Santanchè in the preliminary hearing in which he is accused of aggravated scam against the INPS. The prescription concerns the accused that will be prescribed in seven and a half years, therefore in 2027, Because the facts date back to 2020 Public ministries brought examples in jurisprudence on postponements denied in similar cases. Judge Gueli explained that he had no other dates available for another hearing before May 20. The other defendants are Dimitri Kunz and Paolo Giuseppe Concordia.