:: The Minister of the Interior

The law assigns the political responsibility for the activities of SISDE to the Minister of the Interior, to whom SISDE reports directly. The Minister of the Interior establishes the statute of the Service and oversees its activities in compliance with the President of the Council of Ministers’ directives and provisions. SISDE must inform the Minister on all the information received or otherwise held, on the analyses and assessments it develops, as well as on the operations it carries out. The Minister, with the explicit consent of the President of the Council of Ministers, has the delicate task of deciding whether to delay communication of information or evidence related to offences to the appropriate criminal police bodies, when and if required to fulfil the statutory aims of the Services. (art. 9 law n. 801/77).