Battisti, adopted the Resolution on Extradition Strasbourg: "Principles of justice is not negotiable"

STRASBOURG - The European Parliament adopted by 83 votes in favor, one against and two abstentions, a resolution which calls on Brazil to extradite to Italy Cesare Battisti, a terrorist convicted of four murders and sentenced to life in a final. PHOTO 1 - 2 The result was greeted with applause. An Italian deputy shouted, addressed the Commission "act, you act." The text of the joint resolution - signed by all the groups except the Greens and United Left Gue - in what is essentially political "hopes that the Brazilian authorities to exercise their right and duty to respond to the request of the Italian government" and calls for "the Council and the Commission shall conduct political dialogue with Brazil and monitorino constantly that any decision respecting the founding principles of the European Union and good relations with the Member States ".

BLOG OF THE BONANNO The Assembly's vote in Strasbourg came after a sometimes contentious debate, with interventions primarily of Italian MEPs, along with the resolution, and Portuguese against. The commissioner Stefan Fule, speaking on behalf of the Community executive, said that the Commission has no way to intervene in this matter.

The debate and the vote was attended by some relatives of victims of Cesare Battisti. With the formal act of approval of the resolution "reaffirms the European Parliament that the principles of justice are not negotiable for European citizens." The European Parliament, says the resolution "expresses its confidence that the Brazilian authorities to examine the new Italian Government's request for a review of the decision and that it explore ways to ensure that the bilateral treaty for the extraction is interpreted correctly." At the same time, members of Parliament have asked the European External Action Service to conduct a "political dialogue" with Brazil and to ensure that any decision will be taken fully complies with the basic principles of the EU.

By the end of January it planned a plenary session of the Supreme Federal Tribunal on the case Baptists. After the vote, which could be postponed for several weeks, even up to March, the former terrorist released from prison immediately and the PAC will be able to live freely in Brazil.

The court will meet in plenary session to review the decision of former President Lula. According to the Estado of Sao Paulo, a newspaper usually very well informed on the High Court, six judges out of nine would be in favor of ratification of the extradition decree is not signed by the former president on December 31 last year on the last day of his mandate .

Speaking on the case of former terrorist red, the President of the Republic Giorgio Napolitano said on 8 January: "We could not make it clear even to friendly countries near and far what significance are the years of terrorism in Italy." In this story, added the head of state "is not something to our culture and our policy to send, and to really understand the meaning of what happened in that troubled period of terrorism" (VIDEO).

"President Lula's decision to deny Italy the extradition should not cause new problems between the two countries," said Marco Aurelio Garcia on the same days, special advisor to the Brazilian presidency. Garcia is one of the most influential men of the Brazilian government, Lula's former right hand man, was appointed by Dilma Rousseff special adviser for international affairs.

"We have relations with Italy so important that an incident like this, which I consider to be minor, it can ruin this relationship," he added Garcia.

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