The Competent regime reveals its authoritarian and, therefore, arbitrary face
The statements made today to Corriere della Sera by the prefect of Rome Matteo Piantedosi, on the parade of the Azzurri winners of the European Championship on an open bus for the center of the capital, confirm all our perplexities about the entire anti- Covid regulatory system, the result of a profoundly illiberal, authoritarian culture, driven by an obsession with controlling the lives of citizens.
The prefect made it clear that that parade was not authorized, but the players imposed themselves and neither the FIGC nor the Police Headquarters lifted a finger to enforce the ban.
"We had denied permission to celebrate Italy's victory at the Europeans on the open bus, but the pacts were not respected." The line had been decided with the interior minister Lamorgese, but Bonucci and Chiellini forced it, reveals Piantedosi, saying he was embittered by the incident. "I understand that Chiellini and Bonucci represented their understanding with determination to the staff on duty" and "at that point it was not possible to do anything but take note of the situation and manage it in the best possible way".
In short, the national team allegedly violated, according to the prefect's version, the ban on parading. But in this case the Ministry of the Interior and the police have given up on enforcing it.
An incredible statement, inappropriate from the point of view of the prefect himself. In his blatant attempt to unload on the Federation and the Azzurri the responsibility for the failure to comply with the agreed plan of celebrations (ie: ban on celebrating ), he has practically accused himself, revealing on the one hand the impossibility of enforcing increasingly more rules and prohibitions. illogical, on the other hand, and consequently, the arbitrariness of a public power that can only decide case by case whether in a given circumstance it is possible to enforce them, whether to turn a blind eye or both.
Clear why: what could they have done? Arrest or report Bonucci and Chiellini, or FIGC managers, for violating anti- Covid regulations? They would have made a fool of themselves. That the ban has liquefied in the face of the Azzurri's determination to celebrate shows how inapplicable these restrictions are without incurring odious disparities and, therefore, hypocritical and illogical.
If on the previous night the celebrations in the square exploded in all the cities of Italy for several hours, and clearly it could not be prevented, it is not clear why to ban the passage of the open coach of the Azzurri, with a crowd destined to disperse after a few minutes as it progresses in its path.
Once there are restrictions and prohibitions, on what basis do you decide to derogate? Why, to cite a recent example, have gay pride demonstrations been authorized in many cities?
In this sort of failed “state-footballer negotiation”, or in that obviously successful state- LGBT movements, we see how pathological the anti- Covid emergency legislation is for our rule of law.
Freedoms and fundamental rights thus become a kind concession of the "sovereign" on duty and, even, of a single official who from time to time, at his discretion, decides whether to grant them or not.
It is the demonstration of the dangerous slope – in pure DDR style – in which we have set out, with the public power that increasingly arrogates itself the right to decide on a case-by-case basis whether or not a group of citizens has the right to meet and demonstrate. In theory, the rules would not allow gatherings, but some exceptions can be made. If the demonstration is "politically correct", or if the organizers have sufficient contractual strength – as in this case Bonucci and Chiellini who, apparently, have threatened to desert the meetings at the Quirinale and Palazzo Chigi – it is granted, otherwise not.
In the desire for capillary control of the "lives of others", not only are rights and freedoms limited, but they are arbitrarily limited. Because power, as is well known, the more authoritarian it is, the more arbitrary it becomes.
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