9 April 2008

We’ll put them in the madhouse

I would like do share some reflections with you. According to you, is this the behaviour of someone who has lost his head and is maddened or is there something behind it? According to you, why did Berlusconi say that the judges are mad and need their mental health checking? And why is it that in the same context, at the same time, in the same circumstances, in the same conditions, Dell’Utri says that Mangano was a hero? But is it really true that it could be just a question of two madnesses?
Remember that Mangano was the stable man at Arcore. He was convicted for having killed two people. He was a mafia man. His conviction was confirmed at the first degree. Then he died in natural circumstances. Why does Berlusconi have this rancour, this hatred for the judges, for all those who deal with investigations and with getting respect for the law? And are these two circumstances just madness?
Do you know that I don’t believe that any longer? Do you know what I think? I think that these gentlemen have understood that they can lose the elections, and I want them to lose the elections, because I am worried if this State, this Country is to be in the hands of these people. They are sending out a message to that world, to the mafia and criminal world, and anyway to the world of illegality. Given that they too vote, and given that for these people, they need a few extra votes, they are sending out a message to say: “if you vote for us, watch and see that we’ll keep the judges at a distance and we’ll send them to the madhouse. If you vote for us, we’ll be sure that those who do not speak will become heroes, those that maintain “omertà”, those that are part of that category.” So then, is it good for the Italian citizens that these people take on the powers of the Italian Government? This is the message that I want to communicate to you, to make you understand even better in what a sensitive situation we find ourselves in, here and now.
From today you will find published on this site, in a form that is not yet complete, but anyway meaningful, the list of the candidates who have been convicted, or who have at least been sent for trial and for whom there is already the start of the proceedings and a charge drawn up, who are in the ranks of the Popolo delle Libertà {PDL} and have something to do with justice. Why am I telling you this? So that you can appreciate what they want to do in Parliament. If there are dozens and dozens of people who are tangled up in the justice system, whether as convicts, or at the beginning of trial proceedings, and who then go into Parliament with this grudge of Berlusconian memory and Berlusconian manners, this bitterness in relation to the control of the rule of law, what kind of security can you have that we can still find ourselves in a State based on the rule of law, that is one in which the law is equal for everyone? And what are the consequences? The consequences would be that the strongest, the craftiest and the one who has least respect for the laws would get ahead, while the others would be kept always as underdogs.
Look at these names. Look at their pedigree and then tell me whether it is worthwhile for this group of people to go and represent Italy in the Italian Parliament. This is why I’m making this heartfelt appeal. We of Italia dei Valori have asked for a criminal records check for our candidates, as well as their election certificates. With us, there is no one in those conditions. It’s not enough to say what the programmes are. It’s necessary to say who the people are to go into Parliament, the men and the women. We have done this. We are making available another Italy for the Italian Parliament. It is different from the one that Berlusconi is making available. Think about it.

Posted by Antonio Di Pietro in Politics