(ANSA) - ROME, SEP 19 - Separating the career paths of Italian judges and prosecutors so they can longer move between the roles is a non-negotiable part of the government's justice reform package, Justice Minister Carlo Nordio said Tuesday.
    The Italian magistrates union, ANM, has said the move is the thin end of the wedge towards bringing the judiciary under government control, a claim former prosecutor Nordio vehemently denies.
    '"The separation of careers is not negotiable," said Nordio, during an event on simplification being held at Hadrian's Temple.
    "It is in the government programme, it was agreed by all the coalition forces.
    "It must be implemented out of respect for the citizens who voted for us. It is then linked to the accusatory process.
    "If we implement the accusatory process, we must also implement the separation of careers otherwise we have a Ferrari with the engine of a Cinquecento.
    "It will not be in the short term because it presupposes a constitutional revision if it is to be done well". (ANSA).