Everyone with Roccella, for Mattarella “whoever silences is against the Constitution”. Meloni: “They love censorship”
Unanimous solidarity with the minister. The reactions of politicians to the protest of the States General on the birth rate
ROME – “It’s time to say enough”, writes Giorgia Meloni. And “enough” everyone says, to follow. Government or opposition, right and left, the social chorus of reaction to dispute against the Minister for the Family Eugenia Roccella at the States General of the birth rate is proceeding at a rapid pace. The demonstrations of “solidarity” are crowded into the agency rolls. The Prime Minister denounces that “once again a Minister of the Republic has been prevented from intervening and expressing his ideas. A group of protestors are responsible for filling their mouths with the words freedom, respect and self-determination of women, but then they love censorshipand prevent a woman from speaking because they don’t share her ideas.”
The President of the Republic, Sergio Mattarella, also intervenes, underlining that “wanting to silence those who think differently contrasts with the foundations of civilization and with our Constitution“. But Meloni calls everyone to “full and unconditional solidarity with Eugenia Roccella. The show staged this morning at the States General of Natality is ignoble. I hope that all political forces have the courage to express solidarity with Minister Roccella and to condemn, without ifs or buts, today’s events”.
“No ifs or buts” is the key word. They all sprint. Massimo Giletti from the same stage in Roccella says “preventing others from speaking is the worst thing that can happen in a democracy. As Sciascia said, there are anti-fascists worse than fascists. This country must be careful because it is taking dangerous drifts, when extremism is not controlled it begins to become dangerous”.
For Mara Carfagna, president of Azione, “in a democracy, dissent is always legitimate, until it leads to abuse. I think differently about many things compared to Minister Roccella, but the fact that she had to give up intervening in the States General of the birth rate is serious. An ugly demonstration of arrogance and censorship took place, which has nothing to do with dissent”.
The president of the senators of Forza Italia Maurizio Gasparri calls into question the “pockets of communist Stalinism”: “The intolerance, the violence of some sectors of the left are becoming a problem in this country. While some speak of censorship that does not exist, by exploiting invented facts, we are witnessing real censorship against exponents of the centre-right and, in particular, people like Eugenia Roccella, already the victim of a violent attack at the Book Fair solidarity with Roccella, but I want to denounce the hypocrisy of all the silent ones, who I hope will make their voices heard this time. What happened to Eugenia Roccella is very serious they still exist and act in Italian society, often tolerated and fueled by sectors including the left, which should be more responsible and in line with institutional rules. We will now see who speaks. We do it with a firm and strong voice. Those who defend life, family and birthrates should be thanked, not attacked, threatened and censored. Shame”.
For Matteo Renzi “whoever prevented Minister Roccella from speaking offended everyone’s freedom and proved himself to be what he is: violent. Solidarity with the Minister”. While Defense Minister Guido Crosetto calls for “no tolerance for intolerance. Condemning these acts and defending freedom of speech is everyone’s duty and a sign of respect for the democratic principles of the Republic”.