The only opposition: Arrest us all
Here we are once more talking about and deciding what to do in relation to the telephone wiretaps, according to the measure taken by the Council of Ministers some days ago. It is a draft law, therefore it still has to go to Parliament.
We of Italia dei Valori will make our voice heard both within and outwith Parliament, because decisions have been taken that are clearly against the interests of the magistracy and of investigators, but above all against our interests, about crimes that are discovered. Then above all, there are a whole series of measures taken to stop you from knowing. You will not be able to know anything until the debate stage starts in a trial. It’s as though the trials are carried out behind closed doors like during the Spanish Inquisition. It’ll not be possible to know whether there is a clinic of horrors, if there are some local wide boys, if there is the President of the Council who makes agreements about the broadcast of some programmes and the non-broadcast of other programmes, for the allocation of affairs between the public service and the private service. With the excuse of “privacy” they want to “do everything in privacy”, and this is not good.
We, of Italia dei Valori have decided to do two important things. Firstly, on a technical judicial level, this law can be stopped, if not in Parliament, and we will give it are all, otherwise by means of a referendum to repeal it, that we will start to put into motion straight after its approval. We of Italia dei Valori will ask for help from the bloggers and by having big demonstrations to raise the awareness of the general public and to gather support. We would need to collect at least five to six hundred thousand signatures in a few weeks.
We invite all who have the possibility of helping us in this mass demonstration to be with us. And then by means of an act of civil disobedience, that does not mean going against the law. It means putting this law up for discussion in relation to the principles of the Constitution and with respect to the principles established by the European Union, that is the freedom of information understood as being free to inform, to be informed and to inform oneself. They are constitutional principles that are violated by this law.
On this blog we will give out everything that they don’t want you to know. We will do this, having accepted Marco Travaglio’s invitation. He too has said he will not accept a gag over his mouth and he will broadcast all the same, even at the cost of going to prison. But we are convinced that in the end we will send them to prison, because this is a crime-causing law that violates the Constitution, that violates international laws on the freedom of the press and the freedom of expression, on the freedom to talk about the things as they are.
Obviously on this blog, we will not broadcast things that are false, but things that are true and that we will take the responsibility for broadcasting, and we invite all of you bloggers, that like us as we become aware of similar facts to tell you about, to make them known. You can also turn directly to us to make things known to a wide audience. If you make facts known and someone raises legal difficulties for you, we will give you legal help as long as the facts are true, not because we don’t want to tell false facts but because we don’t want to stay silent about telling facts that are true.
Help us with this battle for freedom.
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From the article published today on the BBC website:
Italy's prime minister has defended plans by his government to suspend certain long-running trials for a year.
The move, which would freeze Silvio Berlusconi's corruption trial currently under way in Milan, sparked criticism from opposition parties.
The amendment would place all trials for crimes committed before 2002, apart from violent or Mafia crimes, on hold.
Mr Berlusconi said that the proposed amendment would help speed up the country's sluggish judicial process.
"It is a measure that benefits all and which offers citizens a strong response against the most recent and most serious offences," Mr Berlusconi said in a letter to the head of the Senate late on Monday.
Corruption trial
"My lawyers have informed me that this measure would be applicable to one of a number of fanciful trials that the far-left magistrates have filed against me for political reasons," he added.
The measure would freeze all trials for one year, except all crimes punishable with a sentence of 10 years or more in prison, those that involve violence, the Mafia and workplace accidents.
Among the proposals is the reintroduction of a controversial immunity bill to protect those holding the highest positions of public office from prosecution.
The country's Shadow Justice Minister Lanfranco Tenaglia said the proposals were a reflection of "the prime minister's perennial conflict of legal interests".
Former anti-corruption judge and leftist politician Antonio Di Pietro said the proposal was another example of Mr Berlusconi shaping the country's laws to his own ends.
"Berlusconi is allergic to justice. He doesn't want the law - before which all are equal - to be applied to him," he said.
The proposal will suspend Mr Berlusconi's corruption trial, currently under way in Milan.
Mr Berlusconi has been charged with giving $600,000 to British lawyer David Mills in exchange for false testimony in two cases during the 1990s.
Mr Berlusconi, who has denied any wrongdoing, has not been convicted in any of the cases against him so far. He has either been acquitted of the charges or time has run out.
The head of the justice and constitutional reform commission and an ally of Mr Berlusconi, Filippo Berselli, said the proposal was needed.
"Courts are snowed under with thousands of cases and we wanted to ensure a fast-track for those that involve serious crimes," he said, according to Il Sole 24 Ore.
Posted by: S. Fassari | June 18, 2008 04:25 PM
Berlusconi is now on the defensive and this is the time to deal the final blow to his dictatorial regime.
Internet worked for Obama (take a look at his Obama 08 website $$$$) and catapulted him quickly to the US. presidency and can be done again elsewhere.
Use of the web enhances the dynamics of the democratic process. Let`s reach out to the people,by-passing the political machine and the vested interests and let us spread the message of change in a real and universal expression of free will.
Yes we can!
Posted by: peterzest | June 18, 2008 05:27 AM
Berlusconi is now on the defensive and this is the time to deal the final blow to his dictatorial regime.
Internet worked for Obama (take a look at his Obama 08 website $$$$) and catapulted him quickly to the US. presidency and can be done again elsewhere.
Use of the web enhances the dynamics of the democratic process. Let`s reach out to the people,by-passing the political machine and the vested interests and let us spread the message of change in a real and universal expression of free will.
Yes we can!
Posted by: peterzest | June 18, 2008 05:26 AM