Rome, Jan. 15 (LaPresse) – ‘The government's intentions on the so-called “criminal shield” are worrying. A rule of law is such not only if it has an exclusive monopoly of force but also if it places insuperable limits on its use. Where these limits are exceeded, it is precisely the willingness to prosecute oneself without interposing obstacles and privileges that characterises a rule of law'. Thus Francesco Petrelli, President of the Union of Criminal Chambers.