mercoledì 9 luglio 2008

Moralists and Justicialists in P.za Navona

Last night, i went to the protest against the recent bills regarding Justice matters in Italy. Without going too much in depth, one (Lodo Alfano) of the bills states that President, Prime Minister, Senate President and House President cannot be charged for anything (they could even kill, in principle, without being prosecuted) during their mandate. In the second bill (Safety Decree), trials for "minor" charges (from stealing an apple to kidnapping and rape) are blocked. Thus, there is, in my opinion, the serious risk of undermining the italian democratic system.
I arrived around 18:15. P.za Navona was not completely full.

First talking is Paolo Flores, editor of Micromega. Honestly quite disappointing his speech full of rhetoric and nothing really new. The only interesting thing was a complete list of charges blocked by the amendment in the Safety decree.
The square gets fuller and fuller. I try going a little bit more in front and closer to the stage. At some point I just stop 'cause it's a freaking hot day and i don't need to sweat and become a sardine. After that Moni Ovada. Fiorella Mannoia takes the mike and says the only thing for which participating to this gathering: " Maybe nothing will happen, but it won't be my fault. I was here and did something". Do you understand Mr Veltroni ? Pancho Pardi then follows with a reasonable call to prevent Berlusconi from becoming President :" Who has tried slashing our Constitution cannot become its Warden, who has come out from trials only because he made laws for himself, cannot become president of CSM (Supreme Council of Magistrate), who boasts of despising the 25th of April (Italian freedom day ) cannot become the President of a Republic born from the Resistance Movement". Then the irony, Camilleri at 87 starts fighting with his uncivil poems.
The square is full now

Definitely we are not 100000, as some claim, we are probably closer to what the police says than to what stated by people from the stage, but i don't know exactly how many can fit in the square. Apparently, the police and the guys on stage use different counters. Definitely, I am not able to do a head-count, I guess i just don't have their talent (do they hire people for that?).
Finally Antonio Di Pietro. He does what expected, talks only about Justice and the implications of the bills. Nothing offensive in my opinion, nothing that can lead to denigrate the non participation of the Democratic Party, which has strongly been against this rally. One thing Di Pietro talked about raised my attention. Rumors has it, confirmed today by other sources as Repubblica and Corsera, that either there is some sort of exchange between the two sides of the Parliament. The opposition should vote for the Lodo Alfano (as Travaglio said:" The only Minister who has been able to make 5 unconstitutional-according to the EU-laws in one month) and then they will likely withdraw the "block-trials" Amendment from the Safety Bill or this agreement should be something that sounds like "we will not vote anything for the Country before we pass the Lodo, eventually we could also modify the Safety bill." Now these things have been said yesterday by Di Pietro and Travaglio (i seem to remember) and they are also on some newspapers. I am just hoping this is not true.
Then, Marco Travaglio, who played it smart, but he is too much of a prima donna. I am not so often in agreement with him, but his cinicaI views are interesting.
I left after Grillo (honestly I should have not listened to him at all) and the nonsensical Guzzanti. I was quite disgusted by these two, who have not considered the consequences of what they were saying, by attacking the Pope and President Napolitano. 

After all, except few things, nothing new, but i guess this was never the purpose. Still the atmosphere was good and most people were aware of the game. Not many applauded Grillo and Guzzanti, some loudly disapproved and this is a good sign. As stated by Fiorella Mannoia and as i said previously, the only relevant thing was to be present and express my "no" to provisions which i do not agree upon.
I want to add here one thing on this.
Those who participated at the rally were called moralists and justicialists. Well, this is quite a perverted way of using the terms. Yes, I want people who committed crimes to go to jail and I want politicians to be transparent or at least that they are not under prosecution while they are in my Parliament.  I don't want anybody who calls Mangano a hero to be neither my Prime Minister nor my President. I don't want people with a Crime record to be allowed and be part of the executive of my Government. If that is what you mean with those words and Democracy is not a priority for the Democratic Party, i will just be a happy and glad moralist and justicialist.

List of the major charged stopped by the Amendment known as "blocca-processi" (in Italian):
A
- aborto clandestino.
- abuso d’ufficio.
- adulterazione di sostanze alimentari.
- associazione per delinquere.
B
- bancarotta fraudolenta.
C
- calunnia.
- circonvenzione di incapace.
- corruzione.
- corruzione giudiziaria – è quella per cui Mr.B. ha fatto questo decreto.
D
- detenzione di documenti falsi per l’espatrio.
- detenzione di materiale pedo-pornografico.
E
- estorsione.
F
- falsificazione di documenti pubblici.
- frodi fiscali.
- furto con strappo.
- furto in appartamento.
I
- immigrazione clandestina (”pensate, dopo tutte le menate che fanno con la storia dell’immigrazione clandestina, adesso sospendono i processi” – Marco Travaglio).
- incendio e incendio boschivo.
- intercettazioni illecite.
M
- maltrattamenti in famiglia.
- molestie.
O
- omicidio colposo per colpa medica.
- omicidio colposo per norme sulla circolazione stradale vietata.
P
- peculato.
- porto e detenzione di armi anche clandestine.
R
- rapina.
- reati informatici.
- ricettazione.
- rivelazioni di segreti d’ufficio.
S
- sequestro di persona.
- sfruttamento della prostituzione.
- somministrazione di reati pericolosi.
- stupro e violenza sessuale.
T
- traffico di rifiuti. (sapevate che alcuni tipi di rifiuti che sono considerati tossici in Italia, a Napoli non lo sono ? (grazie Alfano))
- truffa alla Comunità Europea.
U
- usura.
V
- vendita di prodotti con marchi contraffatti.
- violenza privata.

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