“Cayò Salvini”: these could be the keywords of the Open Arms process. Yesterday, in an armored Palermo for the arrival of supporters of the Northern League in support of Matteo Salvini, it was the day of the speech in defense of Giulia Bongiorno, lawyer for the former Minister of the Interior of the Conte I government, accused of kidnapping and refusing official documents . The prosecution requested a 6-year prison sentence for the League leader. “On August 20th we heard the Open Arms celebration. We wondered if they were happy because the migrants on board disembarked. But no. We heard a voice say that they were happy because ‘Salvini fell’ and not because of the disembarkation. This comment says Oscar Camps (founder of the Spanish NGO Open Arms, ed.)”, said the lawyer, citing an episode that surprised reporters present in the Pagliarelli prison bunker. This video was republished and commented today by the number one in the Northern League.
PM, left and NGOs consider me a kidnapper and that’s why they want me in prison.
However, in this video, the truth emerges: Open Arms, after remaining at sea for weeks – as certified by Malta – receives news of the green light to disembark in Italy.
AND… pic.twitter.com/XexoFoylXI-Matteo Salvini (@matteosalvinimi) October 19, 2024
“The PM, the left and the NGOs will owe me a kidnapper and for this reason they want me in prison. However, in this video, the truth emerges: Open Arms, after loitering at sea for weeks – as certified by Malta – receives the news of the green light upon landing in Italy”, wrote Matteo Salvini in X to debut. “It is August 2019 and Conte has just betrayed voters by allying himself with the Democratic Party. The people on board the Spanish ship rejoice. reveals that the reason for happiness is something else”, continued the deputy prime minister. The question is the reason for that celebration that was filmed and frozen on video. “They are not celebrating because they are about to go down, they are radiant ‘because the minister Salvini fell’. And that’s why they rejected all previous disembarkation options”, added the minister, before concluding with a question: “Who kidnapped who?
Source: IL Tempo
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