“I would like separate classes for disabled people”

The statement by General Roberto Vannacci, the League’s candidate for the European elections, which proposes separate classes for disabled students, is causing discussion in these hours. Beyond the political dismay over this proposal, we collect the comment of Professor Antonello Fortunato, head of the Zenith center in Andria and the declaration of the Italian Episcopal Conference.

«General Vannacci, the next candidate for the European elections, says he wants ”separate classes for disabled people, because this would help kids in difficulty”…

The Northern League candidate promotes an inhuman ghettoization of children, in contrast with the deepest values ​​of our Constitution and with the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, which commits to equal participation of persons with disabilities in society, obviously including school . As a Zenith centre, which has always been committed to building an inclusive society, we absolutely cannot tolerate blasphemy like this.”

«While respecting every opinion and every political choice, a cultural vision of life is at stake here. These statements take us back to the darkest periods of our history. I take the liberty of saying, with Pope Francis, that inclusion is a sign of civilization”. Thus the vice-president of the Italian Episcopal Conference, Monsignor Francesco Savino, comments with ANSA on the statements of General Roberto Vannacci according to whom it is necessary to organize classes of special schools for disabled children. The bishop of Cassano all’Ionio “difference is not a problem but a resource”.