8 August 2007

Fires and public order

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Fires in the South of Italy are the work of organised crime. There are exceptions but they are completely marginal. Thus fires are a problem of public order, even before investing in prevention.
It’s necessary to blow out the match before the fire starts and to imprison the one holding the match.
After the deaths in Peschici in Puglia, of the Canadair pilot and of the 20 year old in the Sila trying to put out a blaze, yesterday in Campania they shot at a fire-fighting helicopter carrying water and they sabotaged a radio bridge operated by the Region.
Really we are in the far west or worse. The State must protect the citizens and ensure it is respected. It’s not possible to concede a sort of extra-territoriality with regard to the law to an unfortunately consistent part of the country. As regards public order, this government risks being remembered just for the pardon, and for freeing thousands of criminals, unless it does a rapid about-turn and protects the territory and the citizens with a rigorous and undiscounted application of the law and with control of the areas at risk and sending in the army.

Posted by Antonio Di Pietro in Information