A “left of every color”, “ferocious”, “unbridled”, “violent”, “irresponsible”, that he uses “civil war tones because she’s nervous, she has no arguments on the merits” and has the sole objective of “defending the status quo”. The day after the second round of municipal elections which rewarded the centre-left, Giorgia Meloni sharpens her weapons against the opposition. In fifteen minutes of video distributed via social media, he does not deal with the ballots, but defends the reforms and attacks that united front that has united in opposing them.
«We are patriots who know which way the flag is waving», he ironically refers to the tricolors waved by the center-left in protest against the Differentiated Autonomy, in some cases on the contrary. But then, precisely, it sinks in: «An M5S parliamentarian evoked Piazzale Loreto for me: that is, I should be massacred and hung upside down. The left sends out proscription lists of Southern parliamentarians who voted for Autonomy to incite hatred against them. Violent words and ways that the left uses against the reforms of this government, in a desperate attempt to defend the status quo, to defend the privilege that has guaranteed some to the detriment of the majority of Italians.” So the promise that is also a call to his followers: «We will move forward without being intimidated, in the interest of the nation.”
The prime minister focuses on thanks to the measure dear to the League. First recalling the genesis of that reform: «They accuse us of wanting to split Italy but attribute more autonomy is not an invention of the center-right or mine, but a principle present in the Constitution after the reform launched in 2001 with a majority under the government of Amato, a left-wing government, and confirmed with the referendum. Our law identifies a framework because several regions, including center-left ones, have asked to follow up on that reform.”
Then, in a didactic wayusing examples, seems eager to mitigate the fears of southern elected officials and administratorsalso from his party: «Only we have set a condition: before the essential levels of performance are established, which prevent there being first class citizens and second class citizens, no function is delegated.” The following summary is even more basic: «There is no talk of taking away resources from one Region to give them to another. But to take matters away from the central State to be managed by the Regions in a virtuous way. Whether the Regions are in the North or the South, Autonomy creates responsibility».
A shorter pass, Meloni reserves it for premiership and justice reform. «If the Italians want it, it will finally allow citizens to directly choose the head of government by putting an end to seventy years of instability, betrayed promises and of transformation”.
The oppositions who «accuse us of every possible atrocity» and «of authoritarian drift», surprise Meloni: «Authoritarian drift? But Occhetto wanted the premiership 30 years ago: basically him (the last secretary of the PDS, ed.) he was ahead of Elly Schlein». Regarding the separation of magistrates’ careers, “their real fear is that parliament will no longer choose the members of the CSM”.
The intemperate outrages the minorities unanimously. Carlo Calendaleader of Action, overturns the accusation: «In each of your speeches, President Meloni, you point out that there are the right Italians and the prejudiced Italians, who are the ones who don’t vote for you. It is she who exacerbates the climate of civil war which he blames on the left.” Francesco Silvestrigroup leader of the M5S, accuses Meloni of “exploiting” the words of the group’s deputy on Piazzale Loreto, «without ever having felt the need to clarify the subversive tendencies of the FdI youth organization» that emerged from the Fanpage investigation. Even harder Vittoria Baldinoof the M5S: «Today Giorgia Melons he put his final personal seal on Differentiated Autonomy, he made it his definitively. It will be she, together with her allies, a respond directly to the social devastation that this law will cause or its rejection through the referendum. That law is social butcher’s shopmultiplies and cements disparities.”
For Luana Zanella group leader of Avs, «the contemptuous and aggressive tones he uses against us demonstrate that Meloni is in great difficulty after the huge mistake of the split-Italy law». AND Angelo Bonellileader of the Greens, brands the «Meloni’s accusations” as “indecent and dangerous». Then he makes an appeal to the other opposition leaders: «Let’s meet and launch a pact for send home the worst right in Europe».
