The attack on the headquarters of «Pro Vita e Famiglia». And a device found inside the place, this side of a broken window, capable of exploding and causing great damage. The end of Saturday’s demonstration promoted by the “Non una di meno” feminists still sees the clash over degeneration, which occurred with the fury against the offices of the anti-abortion association. «This is the explosive device found by the police at our headquarters», says Jacopo Coghe, spokesperson for Pro Vita, showing the device to the Dire agency. “The object, thrown into the location through a broken display case behind the shutter bars, was analyzed by forensic experts who certified the presence of gunpowder inside which, if triggered, would certainly have caused the explosion.” Yesterday’s political debate revolved around the incident. Especially on one point, the embarrassment of certain leftists who politically supported the demonstration.
Thus, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni observed: «I want to ask everyone about a banal question: should violence always be condemned or only when it is directed at someone whose ideas we share? This is the question to which, on the part of certain leftists, we have never had a clear answer.” Therefore, she added “I hope this time it comes from Elly Schlein, Giuseppe Conte, Maurizio Landini and the CGIL to whom we all expressed our solidarity on the occasion of the shameful attack on the union headquarters”. The center-right joins, in its various souls, in solidarity with the affected association: «The serious attack on Pro Vita with all the consequences that are emerging demonstrates how dangerous the climate of intolerance that some sectors of the left feed is» , says Maurizio Gasparri, new leader of the Forza Italia group in the Senate. «I invite everyone not to underestimate these phenomena and to condemn them decisively. There can be no attention in some cases and distractions in others.”
Centrist Maurizio Lupi observes: “We cannot understand and we harshly condemn violence on the part of those who profess to be against any form of aggression. The violent intimidation against the Pro Vita e Famiglia association during the demonstration in Rome must be harshly condemned.” From the League, deputy secretary Andrea Crippa points the finger at the Democrats’ silence, which “makes us understand the human dimension of the Democratic Party and its leader: not expressing a word of solidarity in the face of a vile aggression against an association that supports the Life is a shameful thing.”
In short, the refrain driven by the center-right is the call for a strong position on the part of the left-wing world. Which only reaches medium intensity.
Giuseppe Conte, leader of the 5 Star Movement, states: «We condemn, I condemn together with the entire 5 Star Movement, all acts of violence. They will always take us into consideration. However, I would not like this to be a way of reducing a large mobilization.” More or less the same position as Senator Valeria Valente of the Democratic Party: «The attack on the Pro Vita headquarters must be condemned without ifs or buts, like any act of violence. Pro Vita’s positions are very far from the ideas of the feminist and women’s movement, but respect for parties is the precondition for civil life. That said, it is wrong to use these arguments to try to diminish the importance of that square, organized by “Non una di meno”. At night, then, the position of the CGIL also arrives, which «as it has always done and will always do, condemns all forms of violence. Our history and our practice speak for us.” However, the union then turned to Giorgia Meloni to ask her “how she intends to respond to Saturday’s big demonstration.” In short, throw the ball back there. It’s not the best attitude to condemn a act of mere violence.
Source: IL Tempo
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