(ANSA) – ROME, JUNE 27 – Prison of up to one month for those who block a road alone and from six months to two years if the crime is committed by several people together. This is provided for in article 11 of the government security bill being discussed in the Constitutional Affairs and Justice commissions of the Chamber. All the opposition’s suppressive amendment proposals were rejected while the League withdrew the amendment which also proposed the same sanctions for promoters and organisers. The article therefore remains unchanged. The law currently only provides for a fine of one thousand to four thousand euros. Opposition to the attack on the measure. “This measure was written by someone who had a truncheon in his hand, not a pen”, says Avs group leader in the Justice Commission Devis Dori, it is a “madness that compresses the right to demonstrate, from today non-violence is a crime”. It is a crime, accuses the Democratic Party with Matteo Mauri “which could lead to imprisonment of up to two years even for students who organize a sit-in in front of the school”. A “frightening repression of the right to demonstrate”. (HANDLE).
