Nordio under fire over 'Mussolini signed the criminal code' comment

(ANSA) - ROME, JUN 15 - Justice Minister Carlo Nordio has come under fire for referring to the fact that the criminal code still in use in Italy was drafted during the Fascist period in order to criticise a Rome book fair, Più Libri Più Liberi, for asking publishers wanting to take part to sign an anti-fascism declaration. "Perhaps the organizers don't know that the most important book for our justice system—namely, the Criminal Code—bears Mussolini's signature,' Nordio said. He argued that i...

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