In 2018 he chose Bagnoli to celebrate his personal success and that of the M5S. “Don’t call me honorable, I will always remain one of you”, he mocked, toasting with those of his Meet-up. He didn’t know that the surprises weren’t over and that he would soon become president of the Chamber of Deputies. A miracle worker, Roberto Fico. Yesterday, politically a geological era later, the former president had just enough time to leave before the situation worsened. Insults, shouts, explicit gestures, ironic applause, with police officers ready to take sides to prevent the tension from erupting into violence. A full-blown protest in what was his electoral base. With an eloquent invitation, which can be extended to collaborators: “Iatevenne!”, which translated means “go away, we don’t want you in Bagnoli”. Followed by the chorus: “Shame! shame! You came here for a vote…”.
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It’s Vaffa’s law. Invectives that take strange turns but then return to the starting point. Bagnoli means Italsider, layoffs, new poverty. And for some time also fear for the Western that goes wild in the evening. Fico, 49 years old – lush salt and pepper hair, Neapolitan from Posillipo, the office in Montecitorio generously granted to the former presidents of the Chamber always occupied on a permanent basis – had not foreseen it: strategic retreat, escort on alert.
It was he who had the idea: to call a flashmob in the Campi Flegrei last Friday, at 7.30 pm, after the stabbing of two minors in a club. Yet another episode in a long series. “To live our streets safely and against crime”, reads the poster still displayed in the streets to promote the event. Which was joined by many local administrators but also prominent politicians such as Sergio Costa, M5S vice president in the Chamber, Senator Ada Lopreiato, MP Marianna Ricciardi. Everyone got their share of boos, including the Sports Councilor of the Municipality of Naples Emanuela Ferrante.
The protest started from a large number of furious citizens and shopkeepers. The aunt of one of the injured boys was among the protesters and was barely held back by the officers: “Politics should have intervened sooner, if you closed that place three months ago nothing would have happened…”. Three months ago the European elections were still far away.
