A presentation event for the 173 tax magistrates who won the first public competition for tax magistrate was held in Rome at the National Library. The event was organized by the Council of Presidency of Tax Justice and marks a phase in the implementation of the tax justice reform introduced by law 130 of 2022.

The new magistrates are required to undertake a training period before taking up their jurisdictional functions. The initiative served as a moment of exchange between the self-governing body and the new magistrates.

The President of the Council of Presidency of Tax Justice, Carolina Lussana, described the entry of the first 173 tax magistrates as a decisive step in the reform, emphasizing the importance of efficiency, credibility, and independence of institutions. Lussana recalled that tax justice concerns the fiscal relationship between citizen and State, and that the role of the tax magistrate requires rigor and balance between the public interest in revenue collection and the protection of taxpayer rights.

Vice President Antonio Sammarro noted that this is an important step in implementing the reform, clarifying that professionalization does not entail the loss of the existing expertise of tax judges already in service.

Vice President Maria Ilaria Romano stressed the institutional significance of the day and the importance of professional ethics, identifying independence, impartiality, balance, and respect as the values that should guide the magistrate's conduct.

The event was attended by the members of the Council of Presidency of Tax Justice, including Raffaele Tuccillo, Maria Tiziana Balduini, Cosimo Maria Ferri, Nicola Graziano, Alfonso Bonafede, Luciana Cunicella, Alessio Lanzi, Giulio Corsini, Lanfranco Tenaglia, Carlo Fucci, and Tammaro Maiello.

In connection with the broader debate on justice reform, the Forza Italia group leaders in the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate released an open letter expressing the party's position on the matter, indicating the need to avoid approaches described as populist in justice reforms.