There had been complaints about the Italian prosecutor's conduct in the handling of the case at the Italian Ministry of Justice.
There had been complaints about the Italian prosecutor's conduct in the handling of the case at the Italian Ministry of Justice.
But an Italian court, in March 2021, acquitted Shell, Eni and their executives in relation to the Malabu scandal. Deciding on the complaints against De Pasquale, an assembly of the Superior Council of the Judiciary comprising magistrates said,"De Pasquale's absence of the prerequisites of impartiality and balance is therefore demonstrated, having repeatedly exercised jurisdiction in a manner that was neither objective nor fair with respect to the parties as well as without a sense of proportion and without moderation.
"On the other hand, the obstinacy demonstrated in all the places in which he was called upon to illustrate his actions is suitable to demonstrate" how"the conduct implemented" by De Pasquale"far from being contingent and occasional, represents a modus operandi consolidated and intimately connected to his way of understanding the role held, therefore projecting a negative prognostic judgment on the possession of the prerequisites of impartiality and balance also for the...
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