If the No vote wins in the referendum on judiciary reform next month then an extreme wing of the judiciary will "mortgage" politics, Justice Minister Carlo Nordio said Monday.
"With a 'yes' vote, things would change for the better with the judiciary," but "if the 'no' vote were to win, it would be a victory for the extreme judiciary, which would mortgage politics," Nordio told an ANSA Forum.
"If a 'no' vote were to win, I fear," Nordio continued, "that if the referendum were to become politicized, including through the very strong intervention of the judiciary, as I fear it will continue to do, politics in general would be defeated.
"The judiciary, strengthened by a victory to which it has given strong political significance, would feel empowered to continue its mortgage on politics."
