Legal Decree 733, the so-called security package, suffered a setback
in the process of approval, or rather it is still proceeding through
Parliament, but some points, defined by Maroni as “qualifying” have
been thrown out of class.
The absence of some of the senators belonging to majority parties, and
the bad mood of some members of the PDL party meant that the
government has had to accept the Senate’s opinion relating to the
extension of detention time to up to eighteen months.
The Home Office itself has already announced that the proposal will be
resubmitted to the House, hoping to reinsert paragraph l of article 39
of the draft law, into the final text.
Even though the government has received the approval and article which
foresees a tax on residence permits consisting of a contribution of
between 80 and 200 euros, to be defined later by ministerial decree,
on the other two issues, the majority had to take a step backwards.
These two points, the paragraph i, and subparagraph n, which included
the amendment of. Article 9 of the Immigration Act, adding the
necessity of five years of legal residence for dependents, who want to
extend the right to obtain a long-term EC residents permit, and
secondly other provisions relating to breach of copyright.
The debate in the Senate was not limited to these provisions. A number
of measures concerning the crime of rape, and the inability to place
those accused of such crimes under house arrest have also been
approved. But that is not all. During the days when the new President
of the USA Obama sanctioned the closure of Guantanamo, the Italian
Parliament has rejected the introduction of the crime of torture.
There is great anticipation, however, to get the results of the vote
in the house regarding the removal of the ban on reporting of
irregular migrants by medical staff, which is scheduled for Thursday,
5th February.
Translated by Chris Bonfiglioli