Proud to be a lawyer, I am worried and embittered by yet another off-site exit by the Minister of Justice. Justice!!!
I understand that for Bonafede the lawyers are cheaters and that the suspects/defendants are all guilty. I've already heard the latter.
Do you remember dear friends?
"There are no innocent but guilty politicians on whom no evidence has been collected." Or, to put it briskly, there are no innocents but not yet discovered guilty ones.
Unacceptable words. All. Both those of Minister Bonafede and those of Davigo.
It is time that the rights and guarantees of ALL suspects and ALL defendants are respected. Politicians and not.
And it's time for Lawyers to be RESPECTED!
The Cassation with ruling 22.06.07 no. 32577, dealt with the term "azzeccagarbugli". Furthermore, he also provided the exact definition of the character: "operator of the law of low moral standing, cheater and scoundrel, delinquent, accustomed to oppression".
The defendant's sentence has been served.
Another sentence of the supreme court dealt with the phrase "the scammer on duty" referring to a lawyer guilty, according to a newspaper, of having had his clients released from prison because a stamp was missing in the folder. In the first instance sentence we read that "The qualification, addressed to a lawyer of "azzeccabugli on duty" is not detrimental to the reputation as it can only be given the certainly not defamatory meaning of "submissive subject" (in the present case the defender pleading a formal defect had obtained the release of his clients accused of serious crimes)."
But the Bar Association of Monza, where the offended lawyer was a member, requested the Public Prosecutor's appeal and the appeal judge overturned the decision arguing that "Azzeccagarbugli is synonymous with vile lawyer, a scruffy lawyer and intriguer".
Therefore, we demand an apology and the resignation of Minister Bonafede.
We are Lawyers not guessers!
