Until a few weeks ago he was a member of the Brothers of Italy , now he asks to board the Sea Watch to save migrants in the Mediterranean. It is Massimiliano Rugo , 45, municipal police officer in Pisa in the anti-degradation nucleus, who deals with the fight against commercial unauthorism. Rugo, as Repubblica Firenze and Corriere Fiorentino report today and Il Tirreno yesterday, is a former member of the Livorno provincial direction of Fratelli d'Italia and for Giorgia Meloni's party she ran as candidate for mayor in Bibbona (Livorno) managing to enter town Council. Then a month ago the decision to leave Fratelli d'Italia and make a request to embark on the ship of the German NGO which was at the center of the controversy with the leader of the League Matteo Salvini.
"It's not about being right or left - explains Rugo - going to help people in danger with pain stories behind them is simply a choice of common sense. It's about being good people and debunking all those phrases propaganda that want to convince us that the danger is immigrants. I find it wrong to campaign on their skin. "