by Ugo Cataluddi and Roberto Antonini
ROME – Work suspended in the Senate Chamber during the examination of the Premiership bill. The reason for the stop was a near fight between the Fdi senator Roberto Meniaand the M5s Marco Croatti. The rotating president Anna Rossomando then suspended the session. “The events of the last minutes will be the subject of careful evaluation by the presidency”, said the president of the Senate Ignazio La Russa who reopened the session for a few minutes after the suspension decided following a brief brawl between majority and opposition senators .
“I don’t see what there is to dispute about these words”, says La Russa referring to those who welcomed his first words with a fuss. “The session will resume in an hour and I immediately convene the conference of group leaders”, concludes the president of the Senate.
“The presidency did not see, but the group leader of the Democratic Party Boccia, ostentatiously, for ten minutes or more, was in an inappropriate position showing his rear to the majority and the government. He also gesticulated towards me, then when I pointed out to him that his inappropriate position held for ten minutes did not allow him to teach me manners, I received a series of insults from his entire group, insults with much name and surname, and I know who I got upset and got out, then luckily everything stopped, also thanks to the intervention of the police commissioner who literally put his body in the way. calm things down.” Roberto Menia, FdI senator who was the protagonist of the uproar in the Senate Chamber, explained the dynamics of the incident when speaking to journalists.
The work of the Senate Chamber on the Prime Ministerial Bill will resume today from 2pm until 8pm. Therefore a stop of more than 10 days until Tuesday 11 June, from 4pm. In fact, tomorrow the Chamber has been disconvened for the celebrations of Giacomo Matteotti with the presence of the President of the Republic, Sergio Mattarella. So the stop for the whole week preceding the European elections. This was established by the Conference of Group Leaders.