Feltri’s tweet against dead migrants, Pd and M5s rise up: “Obscene words, he cannot preside over the Regional Council”

“Not that his umpteenth tweet was needed, but let’s ask the president Attilio Fontana that the newly elected councillor Vittorio Feltri does not preside over the first session of the Regional Council. We deem it unworthy.” The post of Pd regional councilor Pietro Bussolati, certifies the unity of purpose with the 5 Star Movement. His appeal, in fact, joins that of the M5S advisor Nicola Di Marcowho makes the same request to Fontana and his colleagues in the majority, because the contents of the tweet “in addition to being obscene, exceed all limits of decorum and every minimum sense of the institutions, which a citizen called to represent them should experience”.

The tweet in question dates back to yesterday. “For non-EU citizens, I remind you of an old Italian saying: leaving is like dying. Stay at home,” wrote Feltri, evidently referring to the tragedy of the Cutro migrants. The editorial director of Libero, who has just been elected to the regional council, would have the task of presiding over the first session of the assembly as the most senior member. But on the front the decisive “no” of the Pd and M5S converges.

It is inadmissible to use sarcasm with people who have passed away, it is a matter of mockery” adds Bussolati, who calls on the “political responsibility of whoever nominated him, if he shares what he wrote. It is clear that after the lessons they throw off the mask. The only aspect on which we can intervene at this point is to ensure that Feltri does not have an institutional role with the presidency”.