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Protests at the General States of Natality when the minister for the Family Eugenia Roccella took the floor and signs were raised in the audience that spelled out the words: “I decide”.
The protest of a group of students
A group of students challenged the minister. As soon as Roccella spoke, the whistles and screams began which prevented her from carrying out her speech. At that point Roccella, addressing the demonstrators, took the microphone and said: “Guys, we agree, but no one said that someone else decides on women’s bodies, absolutely no one.” While the protest continued, the organizer Gigi De Palo decided to give the floor to other guests, postponing Roccella’s intervention who first left the stage and then the Auditorium.
Roccella: I am censored, sure of solidarity from the left
«I am sure that the secretary of the Democratic Party Elly Schlein, the entire left, the intellectuals – Antonio Scurati, Roberto Saviano, Nicola Lagioia, Chiara Valerio, etc. -, the ‘big press’ and the ‘militant press’ that we have seen mobilized in other places in recent hours, will have unequivocal words of solidarity towards me after the act of censorship that this morning prevented me from speaking to the organized States General from the Natality Foundation to carry out my intervention and also to respond to the protestors-censors and speak with them”. Thus the Minister for Family and Natality Eugenia Roccella in a post on Facebook. «I am sure that the champions of freedom and democracy will not miss this opportunity to demonstrate that the evocation of fascism that does not exist, which we have witnessed in recent weeks, was not just a political drama ready to vanish in the face of to real censures.”
Mattarella feels the minister wants to silence others against the Constitution
The president of the Republic Sergio Mattarella telephoned the Minister for the Family Eugenia Roccella to express solidarity with her for what happened this morning at the States General of Natality, underlining that “wanting to silence those who think differently contrasts with the foundations of civilization and with our Constitution”.
Melons: they shout freedom then they censor a woman
«Full and unconditional solidarity with Eugenia Roccella. The show staged this morning is ignoble. Once again a Minister was prevented from intervening and expressing his ideas.” The prime minister reports it Giorgia Meloni. «Responsible – he underlines – is a group of protesters who fill their mouths with the words freedom, respect and self-determination of women, but then they love censorship and prevent a woman from speaking because they don’t share her ideas. I hope that all political forces have the courage to express solidarity and condemn, without ifs or buts. It’s time to say enough.”
