Calderoli: 'I don't split Italy'. But the opposition goes on the attack

The proposal to relaunch autonomy by

, who visited Calabria yesterday, rekindles the political controversy.

The exponent of the Northern League announces lawsuits against those who define his proposal for a law on differentiated autonomy as "breaks Italy".

The explicit reference is to two articles

which determined the reaction of the editorial committees of the two newspapers: "The minister's threats are unacceptable".

If, on the one hand

, is open to discussions but warns against the calculation of any coverage ("were the historic expenditure to be confirmed, as far as I'm concerned it would be an unacceptable result"),

speaks of a "mocking of southern Italy" and a "very serious institutional breach".

Support for Calderoli comes from

: "I don't know why the proposal of a minister who is there to make proposals in the shortest possible time is understood as a stretch".

Autonomy: Calderoli, am I rocking Italy?

Enough, it's defamation

"Now enough with the attacks that lead to offenses and even worse. I've been patient for weeks but now we've crossed the line, I'm tired of reading in the newspapers Il Mattino or Il Messaggero phrases like 'break Italy' of Minister Calderoli referring to the bill on differentiated autonomy or the tearing of Calderoli. As a minister I swore on the Constitution, which sanctions national unity, so writing that I want to split Italy means calling me perjury. This is defamation , perhaps even slander, because an invented desire to divide the country is attributed to me".

This was stated by the Minister for Regional Affairs and Autonomies, Roberto Calderoli.

“I also remember that I am the minister for the Regions, of all the Italian Regions, not of some yes and some no and for this very reason I am traveling Italy far and wide to meet all the regional governors in person. rocks Italy... That's enough, journalists have a code of ethics to respect, there's a limit to reporting that can't transcend into offense or lie. I don't intend to sue anyone for now, I'm not the type to sue, but if it happens to me to read more offensive and slanderous sentences against my work as a minister, sentences like these on Spacca Italia, then I will be forced to proceed to legal proceedings.Total and sacrosanct freedom of criticism of journalists, God forbid, but not to invent something that does not exists and to defame, clear? (ANSA).

Sharp-eyed: "Unacceptable if there is confirmation of historical spending"

"I have no prejudices towards differentiated autonomy. Certainly there is the problem of the coverage of the Lep and if at the end of the in-depth study that the Control Room will make the historical expenditure were to be confirmed, as far as I am concerned it would be an unacceptable result" .

The president of the Calabria Region, Roberto Occhiuto, told Radio Radicale.

"I have no prejudices towards differentiated autonomy. Far from it - explained Occhiuto - and I reiterated this to Minister Calderoli. I have a prejudice towards a way of governing the South which in the past has always been tainted by a defensive approach, merely vindictiveness towards the rest of the country, which has produced nothing except equalization.I believe instead that whoever governs the South must take up the challenges offered by the implementation of the Constitution.

Boccia: "We will defend the south, internal areas and the mountains"

"Talking about differentiated autonomy without ever saying in advance how many and which resources will be allocated to the South would be yet another mockery of the South. Calderoli is the same one who in 2009 with the reform on fiscal federalism made the disasters that we are continuing to pay even now . I would like to avoid the same film being repeated for the South after 15 years. So, first the resources and the definition of the Essential Performance Levels (Lep) on school, health care, assistance and transport and then autonomy. The theme it is political: defining the Lep through the control room with a Dpcm is unacceptable, people's lives cannot be defined with an administrative measure. Just as the text must first be shared with the State-Regions Conference and with the Unified Conference, without unilateral forward escapes.It would be a very serious institutional tear". So Francesco Boccia, senator of the Democratic Party and head of the Regions and Local Authorities of the National Secretariat, live on Radical Radio. "It is clear - he adds - that this sudden activism by Calderoli is for the use and consumption of the electoral campaign for the regional ones in Lombardy, I hope that Calderoli's majority comrades from the South will be able to assert themselves, instead of conniving with a reform that would split the country in two, to the detriment of the south, internal areas and mountain areas".It is evident - he adds - that this sudden activism by Calderoli is for the use and consumption of the electoral campaign for the regional elections in Lombardy, I hope that Calderoli's majority comrades from the South will be able to assert themselves, instead of being conniving with a reform that would split the Country in two, to the detriment of the south, inland areas and mountain areas".It is evident - he adds - that this sudden activism by Calderoli is for the use and consumption of the electoral campaign for the regional elections in Lombardy, I hope that Calderoli's majority comrades from the South will be able to assert themselves, instead of being conniving with a reform that would split the Country in two, to the detriment of the south, inland areas and mountain areas".

Lollobrigida, no forcing from Calderoli.

Ours is an efficient government

''I don't know why the proposal of a minister who is there to make proposals in the shortest possible time is considered a stretch''.

This was stated by Agriculture Minister Francesco Lollobrigida, on the sidelines of the presentation of Francesco Rocca's candidacy for the presidency of the Lazio Region.

''I believe that one does one's duty to speed up processes in line not only with the centre-right programme, but also with the statements of many forces that are not part of the centre-right and about which there has been much talk.

It is an efficient government that says one thing, tries to do it and maybe then even succeeds'', underlined Lollobrigida.

Messaggero and Mattino: "Calderoli's threats are unacceptable"

The editorial committees of "Il Mattino" and "Il Messaggero" "stigmatize the statements made by the Minister for Regional Affairs and Autonomies, Roberto Calderoli, to the main news agencies. Statements in which the minister attacks in a disorganized and absolutely not suitable for the institutional role covered, the work of colleagues from our newspapers, on the subject of the bill on the so-called "differentiated autonomy", presented by the minister himself".

The CDR - reads a note - "consider unacceptable threats to act with lawsuits for "defamation" directed against the editorial offices regarding the articles published on this issue, "guilty"

exclusively to report legitimate evaluations on the reform project currently under discussion.

We remind the minister that the right/duty to report (and criticize) falls within the cornerstones of free and democratic information, as well as the right/duty of those who hold institutional positions to best deal with issues related to their political and administrative activity.

Activity that does not include, as is known, the threat of retaliation and legal action against journalists and against those who legitimately evaluate, comment (and if necessary criticize) the activity of those who hold these roles of public responsibility.

In this context, the habit of using rash lawsuits as a weapon of pressure against the free press, to try to "gag" any legitimate form of criticism, should be stigmatized".