Please note: this entry is about a 2013 complaint. Ever since, Free Trieste’s researches revealed many more aspects of the question of the Free Territory of Trieste, especially about the establishment of Region Friuli Venezia Giulia.
In 2016, the Law Commission of the I.P.R. F.T.T. – International Provisional Representative of the Free Territory of Trieste has published an expertise that describes the status of the present-day FTT and of its international Free Port precisely and accurately. The document: HERE
In 2017, the Law Commission released a second expertise regarding the Italian legislation that ratifies and enforces the legal obligations of both the Italian State and the Italian Government respect to the present-day Free Territory of Trieste and the related obligations respect to all other States and the United Nations. The document: HERE
Trieste, 27 February 2014. – On Friday, February 28th, Free Trieste is presenting to the press its appeal in second instance versus adminsitrative judgment No. 530/2013. The decision, issued by the Regional Adminsitrative Court for Friuli Venezia Giulia, regards the legitimacy of Italian elections in the Free Territory of Trieste.
The question of sovereignty over Trieste is relevant also when it comes to the international Free Port.
Administrative judgment No. 530/2013 rejected the request to annul the 2013 regional election, presented by 57 members of the Free Trieste Movement. According to the appellants, Italian Constitutional Law No. 1/1963, which establishes Autonomous Region Friuli Venezia Giulia, is against international law and against the Italian Constitution, because it includes the 5 municipalities of the Free Territory of Trieste.
Indeed, the 1954 MoU regarding the Free Territory of Trieste places the area under the temporary civil administration of the Italian Government, not under the Italian State’s sovereignty.
The Regional Adminsitrative Court’s ruling goes as far as claiming that the appeal itself constitutes criminal offenses against the State (subversion). This is why Free Trieste’s action before the Council of State was preceded by a criminal complaint to the Court of Bologna against the adminsitrative judges: their accusation is drawn upon abolished fascist legislation.
The Movement is also perplexed by the University of Trieste’s “interdisciplinary case study” on February 27th, which is to revolve on the judgment of first instance, however, fails to invite the appellants or to take the impugnation into consideration.
According to Free Trieste this is an obvious political choice, which removes the event’s didactic purpose, and may cause its price to constitute an economic damage to public accounts.
Free Trieste holds its press conference in piazza della Borsa 7 (1st floor).