The upper house of the Italian Parliament, the Senate, voted on Wednesday against authorizing Sicily’s prosecutors to proceed with a legal case against Italian Interior Minister and Vice Prime Minister Matteo Salvini over his refusal to let a migrant boat dock in Sicily last summer, Senator Maurizio Gasparri told reporters.
Gasparri specified that the majority of senators — 232 out of 321 — have already supported this decision. Meanwhile, the official results of the vote would be announced after 7 p.m. local time (18:00 GMT), since the senators are allowed to vote until this time.