Clash between the League and the Democratic Party on the Zan bill on homophobia, stopped at Palazzo Madama after approval by the Chamber and of which the Pd-M5s-Italia viva-gruppo Misto and Autonomie have asked for scheduling in the Senate Justice Commission.
"The League - says the president of the senators of the Northern League Massimiliano Romeo when asked by Ansa - is absolutely against scheduling.
It is a divisive and ideological issue that is not part of the political agenda
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Forcing on such divisive issues risk compromising those relations within Parliament and that climate of support and national unity that has been created and could have repercussions on the government "." It would be good and wise to focus on issues that citizens give more attention such as healthcare and the economic management of the Covid crisis.
The others are political flags.
Both we and Forza Italia are opposed to scheduling ", added Romeo and concluded:" Already today those who attack and insult people for their sexual orientation can and must be punished ".
To the Northern League leader in the Senate Romeo, who declared that he was against the scheduling of the law against homophobia, already approved in the House, I would like to explain that one thing is the government agenda and another thing is the agenda of parliamentary initiatives on which there are obviously no majority constraints.
I would also advise the League to abandon the path of blackmail on these issues.
The Democratic Party does not accept blackmail, and on this law, as we have already said, we will go ahead. "This was declared by the deputy Pd Michele Bordo.
The Democratic Party does not accept blackmail "also because - argues Bordo - unfortunately, in our country, aggressions related to the sexual orientation of our fellow citizens continue to occur and it is absurd that Italy, like other European countries, does not equip itself with legislative instruments to fight these hateful homophobic crimes ".
