Overview

• The Tribunal of Ministers archived the investigation into Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni after finding insufficient evidence to predict a conviction or prove her direct role in repatriating ICC-wanted General Osama Almasri
• It has requested authorization to proceed against Justice Minister Carlo Nordio, Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi and Undersecretary Alfredo Mantovano on charges including refusal of official acts, embezzlement and aiding and abetting
• The request marks the first formal step toward prosecuting multiple senior officials over a state-organized repatriation that bypassed the International Criminal Court
• Meloni denounced the decision as absurd, asserting that all major executive choices were taken collegially under her leadership and pledging to sit alongside the three officials during the parliamentary debate
• A vote on whether to lift ministerial immunity is expected after the summer recess in early September