The verbose complaints of the magistrates against the tests
What magistrates say and how they shout against psycho-aptitude tests. Damato's italics published on Libero
Every now and then some magistrate, whether in service or retired, but always active in controversy, ventures onto the path of irony and manages to be truly witty. This is certainly not the case with Pier Camillo Davigo, on whom it is useless to rage after the conviction on appeal in Brescia which, although not definitive, has dented somewhat that armor of inviolability rightly or wrongly attributed to him by admirers, even on the occasion of the most sensational shots. Like that of the innocent person who simply got away with acquittal.
Armando Spataro was happily witty a few days ago when he proposed to the protestors to put thetest "hypothesized" by Giacomo Eber, judge of the civil court of Rome, at the head of their documents, who says: "Only someone who is not in his right mind finds all this the best job in the world (true or false?)".
A short, almost lightning-fast test. Of those that the good soul of Indro Montanelli would have transformed into the countercurrent of the day after having thrown away many others that had come to him spontaneously, or suggested by collaborators who, at his request, churned out dozens of them. And he limited himself to perfecting them, perhaps just with a comma, when he decided to admit them to the final selection. Good times, those of the newspaper with the italics on the front page that created the greatest problems for the editor on duty: Eugenio Cefis first, essentially, and then Silvio Berlusconi.
THE MAGISTRATES AGAINST THE TEST
It is clear from the waste of adjectives that Spataro was not involved in the document signed and sent to the CSM by 108 magistrates against the measure contained in a legislative decree already signed by the President of the Republic. Who must not have found it so scandalous because – knowing him – he would not have affixed his signature even though he considered it due, not precluding disputes in the permitted forums, starting with the Constitutional Court, where laws all promulgated thanks to the consent of the head of state arrive.
Defining the test so unwelcome to so many people, as is done in that letter, "useless, harmful, inconsistent, insidious, dangerous, worrying, offensive" is at least verbose, the contrary Spataro would probably agree. Seven adjectives – My God – how many vices or capital sins there are. Which are notoriously pride, greed, anger, envy, lust, gluttony and sloth. Who among us has not encountered it, at least partially, sometime in our lives, with or without our toga on?
However, I am equally admired by Spataro's irony as I am amazed by the "conviction" he expressed, or reiterated, of the legitimacy of resorting to a strike "as on the occasion – he said in an interview with Repubblica – of various other "assaults" on the Constitution to defend it tooth and nail”.
THE NEW “CONTRACTUAL FORCE”
Unfortunately, the years of Giuseppe Saragat and Giovanni Leone are long gone. Who as presidents of the Republic and of the Superior Councils of the Judiciary of the day agreed, in 1967 and 1974 respectively, on the "legal inadmissibility" of the magistrates' strike considering their particular prerogatives and conditions. Then, as we know, with other presidents who practically tolerated, while also being ferocious in their polemics even with magistrates, like the good soul of Francesco Cossiga, the robes ended up behaving like other components of the world of subordinate work. They even went on strike once against Cossiga himself, to whom he showed public solidarity, and dissent from his colleagues, complete with a sign posted on his office door, a deputy from the Milan Public Prosecutor's Office named Antonio Di Pietro, Tonino to his friends.
The magistrates have also expanded their bargaining power, let's call it that, in relations with the other powers or orders of the State with the strike. But to the detriment, in my opinion, of their credibility and authority. Which is no coincidence – just consult the polls – they were much higher before they started to strike. So much so that Guido Calogero, commenting in 1974 on the no to the robes strike reiterated by Leone, asked in shock on Panorama: “Will the judges of the Constitutional Court also be able to go on strike by analogy? Why not also the President of the Republic?”. And why not also – I add – the deputies and senators and so on up to the city and district councilors? Down, down, more and more down, in every sense.
This is a machine translation from Italian language of a post published on Start Magazine at the URL https://www.startmag.it/mondo/i-verbosi-strepitii-dei-magistrati-contro-i-test/ on Sat, 06 Apr 2024 04:57:45 +0000.