Vannacci: “I will defend myself personally, sales of my book have quadrupled”

“I will have my own military defender, but I will not use any lawyer from the bar: I will defend myself personally, making sure that I do not violate any laws. Freedom of speech and expression of thought in a free country is being violated here. Questioned.” General Roberto Vannacci responds in an almost defiant tone to the notification received yesterday about the launch of an official investigation to detect any breaches of discipline, following the controversy sparked by the content of the book ‘The world turned upside down’.

“Since yesterday, I have received many messages of solidarity from people who hold public and collective roles, many colleagues and retired commanders. In these two days, sales of my book have quadrupled and 230 thousand copies have been sold so far.” “.

“There are now deadlines and defense briefs that need to be submitted,” Vannacci continued regarding the cases that concern him. The general, who was on leave for a month, stated that this request was “clearly allowed long before he was transferred to another assignment” and added: “This was something that was agreed upon for a period of time for family reasons and this had nothing to do with When.” “When the leave ends, if it is not extended, I will start training to take on the new task in order to effectively manage the Land Operations Forces Command, which is a complex thing,” he said.

Vannacci made the following comment regarding the rumors in some newspapers that an investigation had been launched against him during the years he worked at the Italian Embassy in Russia: “I don’t know, no one told me anything. I finished that duty a year and a half ago and I was not informed of any shortcomings during that period.” . In fact, my work was considered excellent, and it seems impossible to me that I was not aware of any investigation against me that might have concerned me at that time.”

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