Double Standard
The Centre Right wants a verification of the blank ballot papers as well as those that were spoiled. I’ve got nothing against that idea and I’ve said as much in a couple of discussions on TV. There must be no shadow of doubt about the victory of the Unione.
Two arguments used by the Centre Right in relation to the verification are however totally unacceptable.
The first are the insinuations about the improper behaviour of the presidents of the polling stations and of the election officials. These insinuations are based on nothing and yet they criminalize citizens who have done their duty.
The second is the presumption of an a priori victory after the recount, once more based on nothing. No one can reasonably state that rereading the ballot papers will change the current result.
Furthermore, although these requests for transparency and the rule of law are in themselves, legitimate and of course I congratulate anyone looking for transparency and the rule of law. But they should be accompanied with responsible behaviour from the leader of the Centre Right which still represents AN, UDC and Lega and yet yesterday he made the following statement: “We are the moral and political winners of the elections in which clamorous irregularities have come to light.” Which? Committed by whom? The Ministry of the Interior? The Constitutional Court? Who?
Here it is the institutions that are being criminalized.
A coalition that allows its spokesperson to make such statements is not credible when it then asks for the respect of the rule of law. It needs to be aware of this.
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Scusa Antonio, è solo una precisazione: l'inglese è la mi seconda lingua. La traduzione di due pesi e due misure è DOUBLE STANDARD.
A supporto di ciò che dico ti cito la definizione data in Wikipedia:
"A double standard, according to the World Book Dictionary, is a standard applied more leniently to one group than to another. Double standards are seen as unjust because they violate a principle of justice known as impartiality. Impartiality is the principle that the same standards should be applied to all people, without regard to subjective bias or favoritism. A double standard violates this principle by holding different people to different standards.
While double standards are generally condemned in the abstract, they are also very common. Efforts to defend purported double standards usually take the form of denying that a double standard is being applied or attempting to give a good reason for the disparate treatment."
Ciao
Postated by: Giusi Rotondo | April 24, 2006 03:32 PM