La Russa, Roccella contested: “The reaction of a father, he was the first to propose a demonstration by men against violence against women”

“Russia? He is the one who for the first time proposed a demonstration of men only against violence against women ”. To defend, albeit without giving explicit judgments, the president of the Senate is the minister of the Family and Equal Opportunities, Eugenia Rockella. Speaking at the event “The possible book” in Polignano a mare to present his book, A radical family Roccella was challenged by the public to the sound of “boo” when, answering a question from the Sky journalist Fabio Vitaletried to take the side of Ignazio La Russa, who in recent days to defend his son Leonard Apache, accused of sexual assault, blamed the victim. “I will not go into individual cases and the reactions of a person who has an emotional relationship, he is the father of any suspect”, cut short the Minister of the Family. Words that aroused the indignant reaction of the public.

Roccella’s defense

“The reasons why I was challenged are not related to today’s battles, because this government has not touched any law concerning, for example, the Lgbtq+ world or even less abortion”, Roccella wanted to clarify. “They only challenge us – she added – because the idea that the right can win in a democracy is not accepted”. The same right that for public opinion “must be portrayed as unpleasant, bigoted, evil”. But, concluded the minister, “women on the left however, they wonder why it is a woman of the right who is the first woman to lead the country”.

The Santanchè case

During the demonstration, the government official also returned to talk about the case Santanchè. “There’s no need for him to resign,” Roccella assured. And to strengthen his defense of the Minister of Tourism under investigation by the Milan prosecutor’s office regarding the management of his companies Visibilia and Ki Group, he cited the Tortora case (among new “buu and objections”): “I remember the case of Enzo Tortora, as well as all the politicians who resigned and then turned out to be absolutely innocent. Their trials have come to naught and no one has given these people their reputation back. Instead, for example, the magistrates who accused Enzo Tortora have made a career and no one has asked them to account for the mistakes they have made. So I believe as a guarantee that there is no need to resign ”.