"Who finances the No Committee?". Back and forth between Ministry and Anm

Question and answer betweenMinistry of Justice e l’National Association of Magistrates(ANM) on anyfinancingto the ‘Right to say NO’ Committee promoted by the robes union in view ofreferendum of 22-23 March sulla justice reform.

“I submit to your evaluations the opportunity to make this known to the community, with a view to a floodtransparencyany financing received from‘It’s Right to Say NO’ Committee da parte di private citizens“, we read in a document signed by the head of the Cabinet of the Ministry of JusticeGiusi Bartolozziand addressed to the president of the ANMCesare Parodiwhich states that “ainspection actwith which the questioning parliamentarian reports that the general secretary of the ANM has declared that the ‘Right to Say NO Committee’ promoted by the ANM has collectedcontributions from thousands of citizenswho joined freely with onevoluntary donation. From this the questioner assumes a potentialconflict between serving magistratesmembers of the ANM and private supporters who would end up practicing a form ofindirect financing of the ANM“.

Reply from the ANM: the committee is an autonomous entity

President Parodi’s reply is ready: “I must unfortunately note that I am not in a position to respond as theCommittee in questionit was only promoted by the ANM, but it is absolutely a subject, even a legal oneautonomous. As a constituent member, however – continues the leader of the Magistrates’ Association, in the letter to Bartolozzi sent this afternoon – I can confirm that it is possible for the Committee tosmall donationscome private citizens(the only condition is that they are not people withpolitical positionssince that is not a political committee, but ofservice to citizens sui temi del referendum). I can confirm this as can anyone who accesses theCommittee websitewhere it is reported in the mannertransparenteverything, including himStatute“.

The issue of donor privacy

However, if “you need tomore timely informationwhich I don’t have – concludes Parodi – I can only refer it torepresentatives of the Committee. I only note that his request to be made publicdata of private citizensI think it is against the protection of theirsprivacybut this remains my personal assessment which I point out to you for the sake of correctness.”