A visit, scheduled for tomorrow, that doesn’t let her sleep peacefully. Giorgia Meloni decided to leave for Caivano, a municipality in the province of Naples that in recent days has been at the center of the police news for the story of the gang of rapists who raped their two young cousins aged 11 and 12 years. The prime minister was urged to go to the Parco Verde neighborhood by the local parish priest, Don Maurizio Patriciello, who has always tried to do everything possible to get the boys out of the clutches of the Camorra, which has a lot of influence in the area. He accepted the invitation to convey the feeling that the government exists, but now the leader of the Brothers of Italy must also keep an eye on it from the haters who use the threat on social media and at marches as the only solution to their frustrations.
As reported by Il Giornale, the reason for the intimidation received by Meloni “would be the government’s decision to suspend the provision of basic income to a few thousand beneficiaries considered fit for work”. The Prime Minister received insults in the demonstrations that took place in some cities of the peninsula. And now the online haters are also busy, however, going beyond the limits of legitimate criticism: “I advise you to stay at home. Are you sure you’re going to come back?”, says the comment made by a girl. But others looked even angrier and more aggressive as they attacked Giorgia Meloni. “Hopefully you stay dead in Caivano,” says another user. In short, it wasn’t exactly an unforgettable reception, at least on the part of some.
The local priest, on the other hand, appreciated the prime minister’s willingness to be present, stating loudly that he “believed in his work”. And in the last few hours, even the mother of one of the rape victims has made clear her need to meet with Meloni without any intermediary, to talk woman to woman about an increasingly rampant problem in Italy: gender-based violence. She reported that she “wanted to express her fears”, which are shared by many other women who feel less and less safe.
Source: IL Tempo

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