6 May 2008

Violence and Political Propaganda

The young man who was beaten up in Verona by a group of neo-Nazis for refusing to give them a cigarette, has died. I offer my condolences to his parents and I hope that those who are guilty will pay for the crimes.
The parties are exploiting his death, it is a right wing death, just as the death of signora Reggiani at the hands of a Roma person was a left wing death.
Violence is becoming an alibi to give direction to public opinion and to create still more new monsters.

The problem of violence is rooted in the non-punishability of most crimes, from a destabilisation of the magistracy that has come about during the government of the last fifteen years.

The magistracy has neither the material nor the legal means to intervene effectively. It’s necessary to get rid of the shameful laws, to simplify and shorten the trial process to reestablish a correct relationship between the citizens and justice.
Perhaps the time has come for the country to start to talk about the reasons for which justice has become not applicable and to ask who are the people responsible for this situation.
The citizens can no longer be taken for a ride. On the one hand there’s a call for security, on the other hand the application of the penalties is made impossible.

Posted by Antonio Di Pietro in Justice