Open Arms, Salvini: ‘Not appealing acquittal rulings? I agree with Nordio’

Milan, July 18 (LaPresse) – “Shouldn’t trends of acquittals be upheld? I tend to agree with Nordio. If you’re acquitted in the first instance by judges—not by some Lega activists in Rome… I’m sorry. I’m curious to see how far this will go and how it will end,” said Deputy Prime Minister and Lega leader Matteo Salvini on Radio Radio, speaking about the Open Arms case. “Toninelli was doing exactly what I’m doing now,” he added, referring to the Coast Guard. “My co-responsibility in sea rescue operations exists,” continued the Minister of Infrastructure and Transport. “If you ask me why Toninelli was forgotten and only I was targeted—there was also Prime Minister Conte, who was fully aware. I haven’t found an answer to that,” he concluded.