Delmastro, the centre-right is referring the case back to the Chamber: the chats remain inaccessible.

The president of the Authorization Committee, Devis Dori, has postponed the issue of accessing chats between Andrea Delmastro and Mauro Caroccia to the Chamber, with the documents remaining inaccessible. The center-right majority avoided voting on the access to the documents, despite having the numbers to impose their will. New deep dives into the material were also rejected after the letter from prosecutor Francesco Lo Voi. The final refusal could come as early as tomorrow. The chats between Delmastro and Caroccia remain off-limits even to members of the Authorization Committee. Dori, aware of his lack of numerical strength, chose not to put the issue to a vote, aiming to prevent a parliamentary majority from determining which documents should be accessible. The center-right bloc rejected new probes that would have allowed examination of the materials sent by Rome’s prosecutors. Regardless of technicalities, the outcome means the conversations will not be reviewed, and the case will move directly to the Chamber, which may decide as soon as tomorrow. Dori explained his choice at the end of the session: “As president of this body, I decided not to put the issue of access and availability of the chats to a vote to avoid creating a dangerous precedent.” He emphasized that the committee, as a guarantee body, cannot entrust sensitive decisions to shifting majorities. Although he did not directly vote against allowing the commissioners to see the documents, the majority nonetheless rejected the proposal to reopen the investigation following the letter from prosecutor Lo Voi. This was the last remaining path to acquire and examine the new material. “With the majority's vote denying the integration of the investigative file, it becomes impossible to review the content of the documentation sent by the Rome Prosecutors Office,” Dori noted. The final word now rests with the Assembly of Montecitorio, which must decide on the report already approved by the committee weeks ago. The document, signed by Forza Italia MP Pietro Pittalis, proposes denying the prosecutors’ authorization to use the correspondence of the former Justice Ministry undersecretary of FDI. Originally scheduled for Thursday, the vote might be moved forward to tomorrow, according to multiple parliamentary sources. The controversy centers on the conversations between Delmastro and Caroccia, who is implicated in an inquiry into the restaurant Bisteccheria Italia and is considered by investigators to be a proxy for the Senese mafia. Before the shift to the Chamber, Lo Voi had written to Speaker Lorenzo Fontana after the legal team of Caroccia submitted a memorandum containing some exchanges with Delmastro. The defense argues that these conversations could reduce the charges: Caroccia allegedly acted not on behalf of the Senese clan but in the interest of the then FDI justice ministry undersecretary. Without the Chamber’s approval, however, the prosecutors cannot obtain the phone and verify the origin, completeness, and integrity of the messages, nor confirm whether the documents produced by the defense accurately reflect the conversations stored on the device. Dori had requested the ability to view the documents, sparking protests from the majority. According to the center-right argument, Dori could not independently decide to make the material available to other commissioners. The case thus went before the committee for regulation. Last evening, the body chaired by Fontana ruled, with seven votes to six, that the decision should stand.