Eli Schleine, leader of the opposition Democratic Party (PD), accused Nordio of speech not as a minister of government, but as a “lawyer for the protection of a torture”.
Last week First Minister Georgia Meloni revealed that she, Nordio and Pyintas, are under investigation in connection with the release of Mr. Najim.
A special court, which is involved in cases related to the ministers, launched an investigation.
David Jambio, a 27-year-old South Sudan resident who said he was abused in Tripoli’s prison, said the BBC that Italy was “complicit in Libya’s atrocities.”
He says he first encountered Mr. Najim after being caught in the sea, trying to cross the Mediterranean on the boat and returned to Libya.
After he was forced to join the militia – which, he said, was a “pure nightmare” – Mr. Yambio found himself in Mitiza, where he said, suffering months of torture. He also said he saw Mr. Najim abused other migrants.
“The injustice we suffered, and how Italy became an accomplice in our eyes.
“Our torturer was in Italy, he was arrested, and then there was a smuggling back to Libya,” Mr. Yambio added.
As an ICC signator, Italy is legally obliged to comply with the court warrants.
But critics believe that the decision of Italy to release Mr. Najim may have influenced his political and business ties with Libya.
In 2017, the government in the center of Paolo Gentiloni Set up a deal from Tripoli, who saw that Italy pays the Libyan coast for interception of migration boats Before getting to the Italian shores.
NGOs have invariably criticized this policy, which, according to them, exposes migrants in difficult conditions in Libyan isolats.
Now it is dominated by the Italian headlines for weeks.
However, it is unlikely to investigate Meloni, Nordio and Pyintasi, which will give any significant consequences, given the solid parliamentary majority of the government.
Last week, Meloni suggested that the investigation was part of a politically motivated attack on the left and said that it was not “blackmailing or intimidated.”
But some commentators believe that Libya’s ability to use his relationship with Rome emphasizes Italy’s vulnerability in migration – one of the flagship issues.
“While Meloni insists that it is not prone to blackmail from the judiciary, it is very vulnerable to Libya, given its fixation on migration,” said Natalie Toch, director of the Rome International Affairs Institute.
She added that the problem was a “weapon and operated” by Libya.
“The implicit message: either you will release Mr. Najim, or we will allow migrant boats.”
Libya plays a key role in the success of Mattei Meloni’s plan – an ambitious policy set aimed at enhanced European cooperation with Africa in exchange for non -regulatory migration.
“Libya’s question is and remains a question … National Security, which means the security of all citizens,” said former Interior Minister Mark Miniti, the Italian newspaper Corriere Della Sera.
“Much of national security is played outside national borders.”
For Mr. Jambio and other survivors who are accused by Mr. Najim, releasing a man who, according to them, torture them “deep betrayal”.
In a letter to Georgia Meloni, they called for an end to the Italian-Liba migration agreement, as well as the release of those who are still detained in Libyan camps.
“We witness the number of crimes, for which he is responsible for Mr. Najim,” Mr. Yambio said.
