Death threats to Giorgia Meloni after basic income cut

“Speriamo riman mort a Caivano” (we hope he stays dead in Caivano), “I hope so”, “adda murì” (you must die), “are you sure you’re going home?”. These are some of the social threats posed on the eve of Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s visit to Caivano, the municipality in the hinterland of Naples, where the story of violence against his two younger cousins, aged just 11 and 12, took place. The prime minister found himself the target of haters because of the government’s decision to take the basic income from the so-called “employable”.

Meloni’s visit to Caivano

Meloni announced her decision to go to Caivano at a cabinet meeting last Monday. On the same day, tensions flared in Naples, where the highest number of subsidy trainers was recorded, over a demonstration to support basic income, which was completed by protesters in an attempt to block the highway and local traffic.

The warning is high, and they now fear that booing and protests may accompany Meloni’s visit at Palazzo Chigi. There is no shortage of warnings. Dozens of sarcastic comments popped up on his social networks, some with a horrific dose of violence. On the Prime Minister’s Instagram profile, one user wrote, “Do you know you’re at risk of spitting in your face?” he writes. “Everything but spit… come come!”. It is certainly not the first time that Meloni has been the target of insults and threats on social media. On the other hand, it has happened (and continues to happen) to many other prominent politicians. But this time, the majority is not willing to let it go. One of the first to express his solidarity with the Prime Minister was Infrastructure Minister and Lega leader Matteo Salvini. “None of us will be afraid of some criminal,” he writes on X (former Twitter). “Let’s carry on without fear the program of government that the Italians chose us for, with our heads held high.”

The death threats against Meloni were “alarming”, according to Tourism Minister Daniela Santanchè, “every limit has been crossed” and “very serious”, according to Elisabetta Casellati, Minister for Institutional Reforms, “they cannot be reduced to simple social attacks”. Casellati’s visit to Campania “is a very special message to those who believe they can continue to destroy our country with hatred and violence: this government does not accept any free zones in Caivano, on the internet and anywhere else.” .

Words of solidarity also come from the opposition: “The threats received by Prime Minister Meloni, who will visit Caivano tomorrow, are serious and unacceptable,” write Barzotti and Orpheus Mazzella, group leaders of the 5-star movement in the Labor committees of the House and Senate in Valentina. “It is legitimate to disagree with the political choices made by the government, but the use of violence can never be justified or justified”.

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Source: Today IT

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