For the president of the supervisory court of Perugia Antonio Minchella, the magistrate of his office Ernesto Anastasio "is certainly not unprepared" but this has not prevented him from accumulating around 800 backlogs of proceedings since he has been in service in the Umbrian capital, that is, since 2021 (RPT: 2021).
A burden that of the "poet judge", as he is also defined in a press release from the heads of the judicial offices of the region, to deal with which the president of the Surveillance Court Antonio Minchella has prepared a disposal plan that provides for the assignment of the files to himself and to the members of the office. The CSM will also deal with the supervisory magistrate, at the beginning of next month, after the president himself and the heads of the Umbrian judicial offices, over a year ago, reported the situation to the authorities competent to exercise disciplinary action on magistrates, namely the Ministry of Justice and the Attorney General at the Court of Cassation.
The approximately 800 proceedings accumulated by the surveillance magistrate concern prisoners in prisons in Umbria (for various needs, from permits to early release) and those who are subjected to criminal execution. "In recent years I had already implemented, in agreement with the Court of Appeal and the Attorney General, two recovery plans for Dr. Anastasio but every attempt was in vain" Minchella told ANSA. "I called him to duty several times" he added. Anastasio, 54, originally from the province of Naples, was already subjected to disciplinary proceedings when he was under surveillance at Santa Maria Capua a Vetere. The proceedings accumulated in Perugia, where he continues to be regularly in service, concern the most varied issues.
“It ranges from the request for the granting of probation,” explains the president of the surveillance court, “to interviews, to others that also affect the freedom of prisoners. And sometimes the lack of response can suggest a lack of attention to their requests and therefore create nervousness in an already difficult context.” The president has repeatedly asked Anastasio to account for the delays, but he chooses to keep quiet about the explanations provided by the magistrate. “He is certainly not unprepared,” Minchella emphasizes, “in fact, he is very well educated. He is passionate about the humanities, poetry and ancient and Latin literature in particular, but he has never used these arguments to explain the poor production of provisions.”
“It is unfortunate – concludes President Minchella – because this case risks overshadowing the impressive work that the surveillance magistrates do every day by processing a very significant number of proceedings and giving the prison population the attention it deserves”.
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