As soon as the law changing the rules on the accountability of minors between 14 and 18 years old was approved, the ‘red rescue’ for the “maranza” immediately began. Deputies, senators, lawyers, and sector experts rushed to attack the government, accusing it of making «Italy return to the Middle Ages».
The Democratic Party deputies are particularly agitated; just days after making appeals in Parliament to «lower the tone of the controversy», they did not hesitate for a second to put their helmets back on and start shelling the government benches again. All sorts of things have been heard and read. The prize for the surreal, however, rightly goes to Debora Serracchiani, the PD’s Justice spokesperson, who explained that «the law approved yesterday by the Council of Ministers rewrites juvenile justice in a repressive sense and will affect all minors, the children of all Italian families, not a category evoked for propaganda purposes». And here, frankly, we’re a bit lost, because we are not aware of any state that can be called democratic where laws apply to foreigners but not to natives. That is, if an adolescent commits a crime, they must be punished regardless of whether they are the child of Italians or foreigners.
Serracchiani, however, goes even further, and albeit indirectly, calls young people to the streets: «In September, with the reopening of schools and the return of student mobilizations (notoriously incited by the left and red unions, editor’s note), thousands of boys and girls will legitimately return to the squares. With these rules, the risk is that they will be treated as a public order problem». And here we need to understand each other, because with the new rules, no one has violated the right to demonstrate, but if while doing so you smash half the city and beat up law enforcement officers – as happened with the assault on Milan’s Central Station last autumn – well, it seems logical that you end up arrested.
Then, always to «lower the tone», many PD parliamentarians posted a black and white image of the Prime Minister on social media with the caption: «With her, even your children can go to prison».
Whoever commits crimes and is part of a baby gang will have to answer for their actions, even if they are a minor.
It is the anti-maranza crackdown by the Meloni Government. The left, instead of opposing it, should support it. pic.twitter.com/dJEmvldXOJ
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An attack to which Giorgia Meloni responded with sharp irony: «“With her” your children can go to prison if they commit crimes – she writes -. For all others, we are working so that they can grow up in a safer Italy, with more opportunities and more future». Then she added a postscript addressed to the PD: «Thank you for helping to publicize this common-sense rule».
Attacks on Meloni also came from Francesco Boccia («She is leading us to the brink of incivility») and from the M5S («This executive continues head down, always repeating the same mistakes»).
Also noteworthy is the “duel” between educators. While on one side, the chaplain of Milan’s Beccaria juvenile prison, Don Claudio Burgio, is against it because «boys at 14, 15, 16 years old are profoundly unconscious, still immature, and sometimes unable to understand the gravity of their actions».
On the other side, the parish priest of Caivano, Don Maurizio Patriciello, sides with the government: «These kids have become dangerous. In my day, they would punch each other; today, they stab with knives. The State has a duty to defend the weakest». Associations like Libera, Gruppo Abele, and Unicef Italia are also against the measure. Meanwhile, the Criminal Chambers raise constitutional doubts.
On the other hand, Enrico Costa, group leader of Fi in the Chamber, explains: «The Government has intervened correctly through a bill that will allow ample space in Parliament to delve into the technical-legal aspects». More trenchant was the Vice President of the Senate, Gian Marco Centinaio: «I don’t understand the controversy. There are rules, laws that must be respected whether you are one year old or 99…».
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