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The Italian National Association of Magistrates has declared a state of permanent agitation by a large majority against a series of government decrees that would gravely compromise the judiciary's capacity to fulfil its constitutional role.

What is a state of permanent agitation, and what can the judiciary do about this? Civil disobedience?

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by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Sun Jul 6th, 2008 at 03:08:32 AM EST
The document (in Italian) illustrates the situation created by the government, convokes a permanent reunion of the Central Directive Committee to monitor the situation and deliberates to adopt any measure of protest.

A likely consequence will be the paralysis of the judiciary apparatus by simply refusing to do work which should be done by specialized personnel such as court clerks. In fact, the continuous cuts and prevention of hiring personnel has created a situation in which judges are forced to do routine work which is not of their competence.

The very grave dysfunctional situation within the judiciary offices and the duress judges undergo at work imposes an incisive commitment to protest and denunciation: to this end ANM has deliberated to adopt initiatives with the scope of informing public opinion of the grave situation in which the judiciary finds itself and emphasis proposals capable of providing answers to the needs of justice.
by de Gondi (publiobestia aaaatttthotmaildaughtusual) on Sun Jul 6th, 2008 at 02:07:59 PM EST
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