More than 176 thousand preferences for his candidacy with the Green-Left Alliance. Ilaria Salis wins her seat in the European Parliament and regarding her judicial case, with the trial taking place in Hungary and the activist under house arrest in Viktor Orban’s country, completely different scenarios now open up. If for the leader of the […]
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More than 176 thousand preferences for your candidacy with Greens-Left Alliance. Ilaria Salis wins his seat at European Parliament and about his court case, with the trial taking place in Hungary and the activist to House arrest in the country of Viktor Orban, now completely different scenarios open up. If for the leader of the Greens, Angelo Bonelli“now that she is elected she must be released from house arrest”, the future of the 39 year old is far from written.
What the Avs leaders and Salis’ family are aiming for is immunity which would allow her to go to Brussels to carry out his role as an MEP. And in support of their position they bring European laws, according to which members of Parliament enjoy immunity for the entire duration of their mandate in Brussels from any type of detention, and therefore also from house arrest, and from any judicial proceedings.
This does not mean that Salis will be exonerated and that his charges will automatically be dropped. Indeed, several obstacles arise on the road to Brussels. The first, as happened to some of the suspects in the case Qatargateis represented by the judge’s possible request to the EU Parliament to revocation of immunity. The second is linked to the hypothetical evidence in the hands of the government Budapest: an MEP cannot, on paper, enjoy immunity in the event of flagrant crime. If the Orban executive provided the phantom video of the attack to the two right-wing extremists, the document should be evaluated by a special parliamentary commission which should then make a decision on the matter. In the immediate future, her supporters’ hope is that immunity will arrive soon and that the 39-year-old will be able to leave Hungary. Everything that comes after will be with Ilaria Salis out of the control of the authorities in Budapest.
