1 November 2007

The Committee of Enquiry on the G8

The measure to set up the Committee of Enquiry on the G8 will soon be presented to Parliament. Italia dei Valori will vote for it with no problem if its amendment is accepted. The amendment obliges the Committee to look at the whole picture at 360 degrees and not, as has been proposed, just in one direction. There are two precise political responsibilities concerning the Genoa facts: those who allowed undefended people to be beaten up in the Diaz School and after that at Bolzaneto and those who shared and supported the attack on the institutions and on the city of Genoa with obvious public support to violent groups.
Trials by the magistracy to sort out responsibilities of the demonstrators and of the police forces are happening now and some sentences have been decided. The committee must in no way be a substitute for the judiciary but it must have a look at any possible political responsibilities, on one side or another.
It’s no good if the Committee is born cross-eyed just to please a part of the political scene. We want the whole truth on G8, not just a part of the truth.

Posted by Antonio Di Pietro in Politics