The Piantedosi line explained by Piantedosi: “The norm on raves will not be extended”

Finished at the center of the political arena, after the rave in Modena and the consequent new legislation adopted by the government to combat illegal gatherings, the Minister of the Interior Matteo Piantedosi this morning he gave an interview to Corriere della Sera in which he tries to clarify the line of his dicastery, and of the entire Meloni government, in matters of public order. An interview in which the owner of the Interior Ministry gave answers not only on what emerged from the last Cdm, but also on the management of some public events such as the Inter-Sampdoria match (in which the Nerazzurri ultras made the fans leave the curve with insults and threats) or the clashes between law enforcement and student groups at Sapienza in Rome. Not to mention the landings issue, on which Piantedosi has a position very close to that of Matteo Salvini.

Speaking of raves, according to the Minister of the Interior, “the objective of these rules approved by the Council of Ministers is to align ourselves with the legislation of other European countries, also in order to dissuade the organization of such events, which above all endanger the participants themselves. and they end up keeping entire areas in check, jeopardizing commercial activities and roads “. But above all, according to the owner of the Interior Ministry, the attacks of those who say that through the new legislation it will be possible to restrict the mesh around a whole series of public events are spurious. “I find it offensive to attribute to us the will to intervene in other contexts, in which constitutionally guaranteed rights are exercised to which the law clearly makes no reference“Replies Piantedosi on the point.” In any case, the conversion of the decrees is done in Parliament, not on social media. At that time, every proposal will be examined by the government “. Words that the former prefect of Rome addresses above all towards the opposition. And it is no coincidence that, again from the pages of the newspapers, a former minister such as Andrea Orlando, of the Democratic Party, tell the press that the government is an operation to “repress those who protest. If a bazooka is used against ants, it also hurts others”. Statements of the same tenor had arrived yesterday from both Enrico Letta and Giuseppe Conte.

On the feasibility of making changes to the last decree, in any case, the assurances of another exponent of the majority, the minister for relations with the Parliament, arrived Luca Ciriani. According to which “decent citizens have nothing to fear because there will be no discretion. Then, from a technical point of view, we can also find the formulation that reassures us also from this point of view: but the goal is only raves, 434 bis will not be used against anyone else “, he said in an interview with the national newspaper.

Returning to the more generic management of public order, Piantedosi explained what are the cornerstones of his work at the Ministry of the Interior. “My security management model is: firmness and dialogue, leaving the use of public force as an extreme option to avoid worse risks”. This is the case, for example, of the unrest recorded at San Siro during the Inter-Sampdoria match. “In some cases, if the public force does not intervene immediately it is only because a weighted assessment of the risk of this choice is carried out. At a stage it is always preferable to avoid interventions that could generate situations of very serious danger. When there are tens of thousands of people, prudence is a must “, says the minister in this regard. Instead, on the clashes at Sapienza, he has another reading: “It was necessary to prevent the assault on a duly authorized convention. The police forces intervened to avoid the risky contact between the organizers of the conference and the demonstrators. Despite the unpleasant images of physical contact between policemen and demonstrators, we have not had any injuries among the demonstrators “. While on the images of Predappio, with the parade of nostalgic fascists who came to demonstrate at Mussolini’s tomb, Piantedosi says that”it is a farce. I can assure you that the police will report to the judicial authority any behavior in violation of the provisions in force“.

Last chapter, the management of landings. In which the position echoes what was already expressed at the time of the yellow-green government (Piantedosi was Salvini’s head of cabinet at the Viminale). “We cannot take care of the migrants collected at sea by foreign ships that operate systematically without any prior coordination by the authorities”. So how can the flows be managed? “I am convinced that it is necessary to block departures and verify in the countries of origin and transit who can and who must arrive, ensuring an orderly transfer and true social integration. I believe that this action must be accompanied by planning and offering adequate legal entrances. “.