15 January 2007

Livorno, Italy

Carabinieri were attacked in Livorno while they were supervising the removal of some cars double-parked in fornt of a bar. They needed moving, to make way for a fire brigade fire engine to come past. Eighty people who were waiting outside the bar beat up 3 carabinieri after throwing nuts and ball bearings at their car. They were villains, as correctly described by Pasquale Santoro, the provincial commander of the Carabinieri.
The Carabinieri risk their lives every day to protect us. They should be respected. Livorno cannot be criminalised for this episode as it is at the same level as every other Italian city. The lack of a sense of civility is unfortunately coming into our civil life. The examples of indifference towards the principles of the rule of law that come to a relevant extent from Parliament, and I'm referring to the pardon as well as to the convicted parliamentarians, convicted even for serious offences, generates the idea that in Italy everything is OK, that everything done against the institutions is permitted, without any consequences.

Posted by Antonio Di Pietro in Justice