Corruption: Government amendment of false accounting – ANSA.it

Driven by yet another judicial inquiry anti-bribery, which today sees one of the big finish to the arrests of the Ministry of Infrastructure, and pressed by opposition and public opinion, the government breaks the delay and presents in the Senate Judiciary Committee amendment on false accounting to the anti-corruption bill announced months ago by the Keeper Andrea Orlando. Claim the result immediately Prime Minister Matteo Renzi who speaks of “the harshest punishment” for the anti-corruption and times doubled for prescription: another bill before the House Chamber. Even Senate President Pietro Grasso, who had presented as his first act as a parliamentary bill to curb corruption in Italy, claiming victory and the news of the presentation by the Government of the amendment now renamed “Godot” by M5S for the long waiting times, comments with significant: “Hallelujah!”.

But despite the acceleration suddenly decided by the government, the examination of the bill is likely to slip. The chairman of the Judiciary Committee of the Senate Francesco Nitto Palma fixed it next Wednesday the deadline for submission of sub-amendments and the text, that the Conference of Group Leaders had set already in the House tomorrow, there will come before the start of next week . Also changed compared to the ads, the text of ‘amendment on false accounting requires that this goes back to being a crime after the substantial decriminalization decided during the Berlusconi government. Penalties for companies will be normal from 1 to 5 years in prison, while those listed or those placing securities on the market or the banks, the years of imprisonment will be from 3 to 8. The prosecution in the lawsuit, asked at first by FI and Ncd, is scheduled only for very small companies, those that according to the Civil Code are not subject to failure. Moreover, sanctions saltier also for companies, as well as for administrators liars: for them is expected to pay from 200 to 600 shares. Thus, it explains, “will ensure better internally.”

But the afternoon in committee not liscissimo row. When comes the deputy Minister of Justice Enrico Costa amendment to deposit a quorum is not because they lack almost all the senators Pd. Nobody officially raises the question and then the session is suspended only 30 minutes, to resume when comes the Keeper of Orlando, according to which now, after the submission of the amendment, “there are conditions to meet deadlines” examination of the measure . The opposition announces improvements to the text and continues to urge the Government to react strongly to inquiries like today that led to four arrests and 50 suspects. In addition to the initiative of the government that should speed up the process of a bill lying from 731 days in the drawers of the Senate, there is another event from the highly symbolic value in terms of fighting corruption: the president Sergio Mattarella receives the Quirinale president Authority Raffaele Cantone to congratulate him of action taken so far against a scourge that according to the Court of Auditors coast to Italy every year over 60 billion euro.

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