Vannacci is the most recent “sufferer” of Codacons. The petition towards the overall’s candidacy –

After Fedez, now it is Roberto Vannacci’s flip. “The final’s candidacy may very well be vitiated primarily based on the foundations of the navy system which prohibit candidacy within the constituency through which the officer carried out command capabilities, and on a ruling of the Constitutional Courtroom which prolonged the scope of software of such norms”, is the place taken by Codacons, which offered a proper request on the case to the electoral workplace on the Courtroom of Enchantment of Rome, as a way to confirm the place of the League candidate and consider the annulment of his candidacy .

“With out going into the deserves of the overall’s political selection, and past Vannacci’s ideological positions and the alignment with which he’s presenting himself within the elections, the overall’s current candidacy within the European elections seems to be in distinction with the foundations of the navy system which prohibit the candidacy of an officer within the district through which he has held command positions – explains Codacons -. Specifically, artwork. 1485 of the Navy Order Code establishes that ‘The causes of ineligibility of basic officers, admirals and senior officers of the State Armed Forces are ruled by articles 7 and following of the decree of the President of the Republic of 30 March 1957 , n. 361’, and that subsequently ‘Basic officers, admirals and senior officers of the Armed Forces of the State usually are not eligible, within the constituency of their territorial command. The causes of ineligibility referred to within the first paragraph additionally discuss with the holding of comparable positions, the place present, held in corresponding our bodies in overseas states”.

“As is understood, the Ministry of Protection has already intervened to make clear the legitimacy of Basic Vannacci’s candidacy, sustaining that the reason for ineligibility considerations solely the Italian Parliament and never the European Parliament. Nevertheless, a ruling from the Constitutional Courtroom in 1997 appears to go within the utterly other way, establishing that the foundations on the ineligibility of a candidate have to be understood in an intensive sense and should even be utilized exterior elections for the nationwide Parliament, akin to European elections – continues the Customers’ Affiliation -. For these causes, and within the unique curiosity of the voters and of legality, Codacons has offered a request to the electoral workplace of the Courtroom of Enchantment geared toward evaluating whether or not Basic Vannacci’s candidacy must be canceled for causes of battle with the Structure and for the doable existence of incompatibilities sanctioned by the Navy Order Code”. The ball is now within the fingers of the Roman Courtroom.