Anarchist fights between Donzelli and Serracchiani over Cospito
Case Cospito: what happened in the Chamber between Donzelli (FdI) and Serracchiani (Pd). The point of Adnkronos
Hard question and answer in the Chamber between the majority and the opposition, in particular between the Brothers of Italy and the Democratic Party, while the classroom was busy voting for the establishment of the Anti-Mafia commission. With the dem who, through the mouth of Federico Fornaro, invoked the regulation and asked for the establishment of a judging commission on the facts. The fuse was lit by an intervention by Giovanni Donzelli, of Fdi, who touched on the question of the anarchist Alfredo Cospito.
WHAT DONZELLI SAID
"I want to know if the left is with the state or with the terrorists who are with the mafia", urged Donzelli, speaking of Cospito, "an influencer who is using the mafia to make the state surrender on 41 bis".
And again: “Cospito met mafiosi and on January 12, 2023, while talking to the mafiosi, he also met the parliamentarians Serracchiani, Verini, Lai and Orlando who went to encourage him in the battle. So I want to know, is this left on the side of the state or the terrorists with the mafia? We want to know in this courtroom today”, said Donzelli, who replied to the apology request of the dem: “An apology? No. I will gladly go to the jury of honor to ask the Pd to clarify his words. I hope that the Italian left that is babbling about Cospito apologizes to the Italians”.
SERRACCHIANI'S ANSWER
The group leader dem Debora Serracchiani immediately replied to the Fdi exponent: “Those who think they can divide us into good and bad on such delicate issues are wrong. It was a grave mistake to intervene this morning with words that should have been absolutely avoided."
“I believe that Donzelli's intervention requires in-depth reasoning on anti-mafia issues. The entire Democratic Party signs up to speak on agendas, amendments and articles. I don't think we can think differently on issues of this type and those in this courtroom who think they are dividing us are wrong”, announced the leader of the Democratic Party.
“Those of Donzelli – he added – are very serious words, which have criminal relevance and character. We will ask for the intervention of the President of the Chamber and of all the competent offices. We wonder if Donzelli's is Meloni's position, it would be very serious because it breaks unity in the fight against the mafia ”.
“The Democratic Party has never questioned the 41 bis and has never doubted the decisions taken in this period on the Cospito case. We have only asked Minister Nordio to evaluate, for humanitarian reasons, the health conditions of the detainee. Minister Nordio, confirming the 41 bis, moved Cospito to another prison even in the 41 bis, guaranteeing him adequate treatment ", he added.
FORNARO'S REQUESTS
Shortly afterwards, Federico Fornaro asked for “the establishment of a commission, according to the regulation of the Chamber, which would judge the validity of Donzelli's accusation, which damaged the honor of the honorable Serracchiani and of the Democratic Party. To the parent company Foti I say, Donzelli must apologize ”.
“On the fight against the mafia we must have unity. The relative majority group has the task, greater than the others, of finding a path of unity that is useful for everyone. This was happening but was interrupted due to a totally inappropriate intervention by Donzelli", said Enrico Letta, speaking in the chamber in the Chamber. “I expected the group leader Foti to intervene to put things back into a normal logic, instead Donzelli apologized – added the secretary of the Democratic Party -. There is no understanding that there must be respect, we give respect and we expect you to respect our work."
THE COSPITO CASE BLOCKS THE ROOM
The Chamber of Deputies then suspended the examination of the law establishing the Anti-Mafia commission after the controversy that broke out. As explained by the current president Giorgio Mulè, the exam will resume at 3 pm after the meeting of the Montecitorio group leader. Meanwhile, after what happened this morning in the Chamber, the Speaker of the Chamber Lorenzo Fontana will have an interview with Giovanni Donzelli and the group leader of Fratelli d'Italia, Tommaso Foti.
“Compared to this morning's debate in the Chamber – underlined Foti – and it being understood that the urgent approval of the Anti-Mafia commission is essential for the Brothers of Italy, I believe that it is necessary to respect each other between democratic forces always and in any case. But when they threaten you or your family in the name of a criminal, as happened yesterday to the deputy Chiara Colosimo, you are certainly also influenced in tone. The hope is that everyone will be clear on the subject of violence, terrorism and the penalties that the state inflicts”.
NORDIO AND SERRACCHAINI'S SPECIFICATIONS
"Visiting prisons is a duty as well as a right of parliamentarians", commented Justice Minister Carlo Nordio when answering a question on Donzelli's speech in the Chamber at a press conference.
"I absolutely exclude that there are relations between members of the Democratic Party, and not only of the Democratic Party, but all the parliamentarians…", added Nordio, explaining that on the other hand "it is written in the law that parliamentarians always have the right to visit the detainees, obviously within the limits of security and what follows”. Therefore, “I know that it is a duty as well as a right of deputies to monitor… make these pastoral visits. That this could even be a vehicle… well, it's obvious that it's not”.
Serracchiani reiterated to Adnkronos : “We have never questioned the 41 bis. What we have done, and we claim it because it is a right and duty of parliamentarians, is to go to prison to check the health conditions of this person and to understand if it could be followed up adequately".
“We asked Nordio to do this verification. Nordio did so by reiterating today, and we thank him, that our behavior is absolutely within the prerogatives of parliamentarians. It is Minister Nordio who believed that the conditions were in place to transfer this person to the prison in which he is located, subject to the 41 bis", concluded Serracchiani.
This is a machine translation from Italian language of a post published on Start Magazine at the URL https://www.startmag.it/mondo/cospito-donzelli-serracchiani/ on Tue, 31 Jan 2023 14:33:54 +0000.