Overview
- The Senate granted final approval to the Foti bill on December 27, putting the first set of changes into immediate effect.
- The law caps erarial compensation for administrators to a maximum of 30% of the ascertained damage or no more than two years of gross salary.
- Administrations may seek preventive opinions or controls from the Court, and if no response arrives within 30 days, a silence-as-consent mechanism shields the requester from responsibility.
- Further organizational and prosecutorial changes will arrive via delegated decrees, including merging regional central sections, assigning dual control and jurisdictional functions, separating prosecuting and judging roles, and expanding the powers of the procuratore generale.
- The Association of Magistrates condemned the measure as a 'dark page,' while PD and M5S warn of deresponsabilization, potential overload tied to PNRR acts, and possible constitutional challenges.