A case that left a deep wound open. A controversy, that between politics and the judiciary, that has lasted thirty years. A family affair, which resulted in public dynamics. Matteo Renzi, in his enews, attacks the Judiciary again. “Those who have been following me for a long time know that during the 2016 referendum campaign, among the many fake news stories that showed my image was that of my brother-in-law Andrea, my sister Matilde’s husband, who allegedly helped steal some funds from Unicef. ‘The Renzi family steals money intended for African children’, this was the unbearable refrain that some media and several populist parliamentarians relaunched at the time. The disputed facts were from 2011, the investigation began in 2016. Luca Turco (the one from Open and my parents’ arrest), during the indictment, said that after seven and a half years of investigation and an infinite trial he is also convinced that that the fact does not exist. And he asked for acquittal. Il Fatto Quotidiano created an incredible controversy about it, complete with headlines against the law ad cognatum, but the criminal act does not exist.”
The leader of Italia Viva focuses on the suffering of his family member. “I would like you to think a little about Andrea, a good boy, worker, scout from Bologna, educator, graduate in theology, loving father of four girls. He married my sister, that’s fine, but that’s not a crime; Not yet, at least. They took away his access to his bank accounts, took away many jobs from him, denied him a visa to the United States where he had to accompany his special girl, the wonderful Maria who has a chromosome, and an equipment, more than the others. They took away his sleep, above all. He lived seven and a half years with the greatest stigma: having helped steal money from African children. Sooner or later someone will realize how we live. Sooner or later someone will apologize for the hate they gave us. Even those political parties that are victims today, but that in my dark years organized demonstrations against me and my people. In the meantime, I can only hope that Andrea lives again. No one will give you back in these years, it’s true, but no one will ever be able to take your smile away again.”
Source: IL Tempo
Emma Fitzgerald is an accomplished political journalist and author at The Nation View. With a background in political science and international relations, she has a deep understanding of the political landscape and the forces that shape it.
