photo of the Italian Consulate in Benghazi

On Friday evening in Benghazi 11 Libyan people of the Islamic faith died. The police killed them to prevent an assault on the Italian Consulate and to protect our compatriots.

The irresponsible attitude of the ex-Minister Calderoli and his derision of Islam are the causes of this attack.

Our Consulates and Embassies are from now on at risk of attack.
The ex-Minister Calderoli is guilty of having knowingly forgotten that his position obliged him to behave in a manner that protected the interests of all Italians and his country.
His indifference to the destiny of our compatriots entitles him to bear the label: irresponsible.
His resignation was only a necessary act that took place well beyond the required time limit.

Calderoli belongs to the Lega and he is its current expression. A representative of a party that is off the rails, brought into existence with valid objectives, with a basis that had a solid network of authentic popular support, and today finished up in the same political area as Berlusconi, Previti, and Dell’Utri.
In the company of those it wanted to stand against and now it is the party that is the first to protect them.
It is a party that has shown it can no longer be trusted by its own electors and a danger to all Italians.