In Piazza Vittorio, a garrison called by the CGIL and the ANPI after the attack suffered by four boys by the same number of Casapound militants.
“A great democratic response from a square that says no to those who think that students can be beaten up freely.” As Cola Christmassecretary of the CGIL Rome and Lazio at the meeting convened in Piazza Vittorio Emanuele in Rome by the union andAnpi after the attack suffered by four boys by the same number of militants Casapound.
In the square, flags of the CGIL, Libera, the Middle School Students’ Network and the University Left, the two student organizations of which the young people attacked were part. “If no voice is raised in the face of Fanpage.it’s investigation, if no distance is taken, not even from a cultural and political point of view, those who are responsible for these acts feel unpunished”, he declared Nicola Fratoiannisecretary of the Italian Left.
“This is the beginning of a struggle and a battle that we are waging to make democracy and our Constitution win”, commented the secretary of the CGIL Maurizio Landini. “We must be in the territories, close to the people, and not leave anyone alone. This is the function of the Chambers of Labor but also of a society that fights authoritarianism and dictatorship. We have no intention of lowering our heads and we are here to defend the constitution and democracy. From the right to education to the right to health, we are in the streets to defend rights and this means that we must cancel the stupid laws that have been made on work”, added the secretary.
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“We say no to neo-fascist organizations that feel free to govern our country. These organizations must be dissolved, we have been asking for it for some time. We will also return to the streets to ask them to stop taking the wrong measures”, added di Cola.
The Roman secretary then announced that he will ask for a meeting with the mayor of Rome, Roberto Gualtieri, and the prefect of the capital, Lamberto Giannini, to ask for information regarding the eviction in the Esquiline occupied by Casapound. “We’ll see if we finally want to take concrete actions and not just promises,” said Di Cola.
The Councilor for Culture spoke in Piazza Vittorio, representing the Gualtieri council, Miguel Gotor: “I bring my personal closeness, that of the mayor Roberto Gualtieri and the entire municipal administration to the attacked students. Fortunately the images speak clearly and the representatives of Casapound have been traced. We say no to violence and ask that dialogue and discussion take place always in a situation of democracy and pacification”.
