The Melonian Balboni insists: “The Democratic Party has opened a chasm for the mafia”. Fury dem: “Very serious insinuations”. Then the rectification

After the case Donzelli, FdI does not give up. Attacking the Democratic Party again is another exponent of the party Giorgia Meloni, Alberto Balboni who, not satisfied with the clash aroused by his party mate who in the Chamber accused the dem who went to see the anarchist of being on the side of the mafia Cospito in prison, today he increased the dose. “But don’t you realize that by going to prison to find Cospito you have opened a hole for the mafia? – attacked Balboni speaking on the show Coffee breaks on La7 and reiterating what he said yesterday in the Senate hall – I agree that you can go to jail. But why did you hold a press conference afterwards criticizing the 41 bis? You have opened a chasm because she is the mother of all mafia battles.”

Words that, in fact, followed those of the speech made by Donzelli on the basis of some papers received from the Undersecretary of Justice and party mate Andrea Delmastro (a leak of news on which the judgment of the Public Prosecutor’s Office and the internal investigation commissioned by Minister Nordio are awaited). Therefore, the furious reaction of the Pd was inevitable, which had already left the Chamber on Wednesday evening after an attack by Balboni with similar tones. “The accusations made against us are unacceptable to us: for this reason we have decided to no longer participate in the meetings on the Milleproroghe decree, chaired by Senator Balboniuntil these very serious insinuations are denied, and we have communicated our decision to the minister for relations with Parliament”, they say in a note, Simon MalpezziPresident of the senators of the Democratic Party, Daniel missinggroup leader in the Budget Committee e Andrew Giorgis, group leader in Constitutional Affairs. And they add: “If the President Russia will not restore the correct parliamentary dialectic as soon as possible and President Meloni will not put a stop to the ranting utterances of her parliamentarians, we reserve the right to evaluate other actions “.

The decision of the Alleanza Verdi e Sinistra is similar. “We too will not participate in the meetings scheduled on the milleproroghe decree, chaired by the senator Balbonibecause even today, after yesterday in the Chamber, he insisted with very serious insinuations” says Tito Magni of AVS. “The words of Balboni are inadmissible and compromise the normal relations between the majority and the opposition – he continues – President La Russa intervenes to restore correctness in the democratic dialectic, which at the moment is seriously compromised both in merit and in method”.

Balboni at first does not give up and, on the contrary, demands an apology from the dem: “Better that the Democratic Party does not come to the commission. They are institutional illiterates, because they claim to shut the mouth of a representative of the people on political assessments. They have to apologize to me.” Moreover. ” Do they consider themselves insulted? There is a jury of honor – he maintains – Do they consider themselves defamed? There is the judiciary. But confusing the debate and political confrontation however harsh with the collaboration due in the institutions in the general interest of the nation means don’t understand what we’re doing.”

The clash therefore becomes tougher and the session of the commission on the Milleproroghe is called off. “We strongly stigmatize the behavior of the senator Balbonihowever we have decided to stay at work in the commission because important issues are addressed in the milleproroghe concerning, for example, nurses and doctors”, he protests Raffaella Paita, parent company of Action/Italia Viva in the Senate. At that point Malpezzi, leader of the Pd group in the Senate, addresses the president of the Senate Ignazio La Russa: “I saw La Russa, he called us after our press release in which we asked for his intervention”. At this point, Balboni’s backtracking to try to save the process of the provision was inevitable. “I reiterate that I never intended to associate the Democratic Party with the mafia – he says hoping to take remedial action – Obviously I consider my assessments expressed in the Chamber uncensorable, right or wrong as they may appear, on each and every event”. “Over the last few hours something has changed, so we believe that the work of the Commission can be resumed”, certifies dem Malpezzi. Apology accepted, commission session resumes. But the waste remains: “