References: Art. 134 of Constitution Art. 134: The Constitutional Court shall pass judgment on: Controversies on the constitutional legitimacy of laws and enactments having the force of law issued by the state and the regions; Conflicts arising from allocation of powers of the state and those allocated to state and regions, and between regions; Accusations made against the president of the republic, according to the provisions of the Constitution.

References: There have been 14,940 decisions of the Constitutional Court on legitimacy since 1956.

References: Art. 68 of the Constitution Art. 68: Members of Parliament may not be required to give account of any opinions expressed or votes cast in the exercise of their functions. Without authorization from the House to which they belong, no member of Parliament may be subjected to a personal search or have their domicile searched, neither may they be arrested or otherwise deprived of personal freedom, or kept in detention, except to enforce a final conviction, or if caught in the act of committing a crime for which arrest is mandatory. Similar authorization is also required before members of Parliament may have their conversations or communications intercepted, or their mail impounded.

Peer Review Comments: As the social scientist states in his comments: Yes, although there is a form of immunity.

Peer Review Comments: I would say yes, because after authorization from the House to which they belong, all members of Parliament are subjected to criminal proceedings.

The head of the state is not required to disclose assets.

References: Law 441 of July 5, 1982

This rule doesn't work for members of the Parliament.

References: Law 215 of July 20, 2004, art. 2.4 [ LINK ]

References: There is no such law.

The law requires the disclosure of assets but not the independent auditing, so the answer must be NO.

References: Law 441 of July 5, 1982

Peer Review Comments: There is no law establishing an impartial auditing.

References: Article by Andrea Marini: Un reticolo di incarichi "vietati" agli onorevoli

Peer Review Comments: Regulations are rarely enforced due to the fact that there are not cross-check investigations and controls.

2 Quite often, during investigations on economic crimes, magistrates discover gifts of any size to politicians

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References: Corte dei conti [ LINK ]

References: Law 441/82, arts. 8 and 9

References: www.corriere.it/Primo_Piano/Politica/2005/04_Aprile/12/scheda.shtml;

Interview by email with Mrs. Maria Claudia Spellucci, Senato della Repubblica, on July 31,2007

References: Interview by email with Mrs. Maria Claudia Spellucci, Senato della Repubblica, 31/07/2007.

References: Law 07/08/1991 no. 241, as amended by: D.lgs 03/02/1993 no. 29 Law 07/05/2000 no. 150 Law 11/02/2005 no.15

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