Tussle in the Chamber after Giovanni Donzelli of Fdi
quotes parts of
Alfredo Cospito
's statements reported by the newspaper Repubblica in relation to 41 bis.
The Democratic Party and Avs rise up against the Fdi exponent, who spoke during the examination of the bill on the establishment of the Anti-Mafia commission.
"Cospito is a terrorist and he proudly claimed it from prison. From the documents found in the Ministry of Justice, Francesco Di Maio of the Casalesi clan said, meeting Cospito: 'Piece by piece we will arrive at the result', which would be the abolition of 41 bis.
Cospito
replied: 'It must be a fight against 41 bis'. But on the same day, 12 January 2023, while speaking with the mafiosi, Cospito also met the parliamentarians Serracchiani, Verini, Lai and Orlando.
know if the left is on the side of the state or the terrorists
," he said
Donzelli in the Chamber.
Cospito, Donzelli: 'The Left is with the State or with the terrorists?'
The reply from the Pd deputy secretary (and deputy)
Peppe Provenzano
was immediate, accusing Donzelli of "dirtying a moment of great unity that Parliament has a duty to build on issues of fighting the mafia".
"There are many reasons why we could invite Donzelli to feel ashamed and I won't repeat them all in this hall, I will only mention two. The first is that his intervention has nothing to do with article one of the bill which we are examining. The second is that it is dirtying the profound unity that we are trying to build on the issues of the fight against the mafia. Unity", he points out.
Harsh intervention also by the secretary of the Pd
Enrico Letta
: "The relative majority group has the task of ensuring that useful paths are found for everyone on the shared themes. But this was interrupted by the inappropriate intervention of Donzelli. the group leader Foti intervened to blame him and instead defended him. We respect your work, you respect ours. In the fight against the mafia, respect must be maximum".
And also
Debora Serracchiani
, called into question directly, had her say: "Those who think they can divide us into good and bad on such delicate issues are wrong. It was a serious mistake to intervene this morning with words that should have been avoided in the most absolute way".
Speaking outside Montecitorio, he then underlined that "today's courtroom was unanimously called to approve the bill establishing the anti-mafia commission. We think there must be unity on this. This unity was soiled by the words of Donzelli, who they are very serious and have content and character of criminal relevance. Given that Donzelli has important institutional roles, we wonder if this is the position of President Meloni. We ask President Meloni to take a clear position.
Dem Federico Fornaro asked to set up "a commission,
a jury of honor according to the regulation of the Chamber, which judges the validity of Donzelli's accusation
, which damaged the honor of the honorable Serracchiani and the Pd. To the group leader Foti I say, Donzelli must apologize".
Request accepted by the Speaker of the Chamber Lorenzo Fontana
.
"The appointment of a commission charged with verifying what happened and the correctness of the statements has been requested," said Fontana announcing a jury of honour.
"I invite all the groups on the basis of the relevance of the issues we have to deal with in the Chamber to want to resume an orderly examination of the provision with respect to which I do not think there is any political divergence", he concluded.
"No union" on the words pronounced in the Chamber of Deputies on the Cospito case, "but mutual respect is needed",
Fontana also said.
"This morning, referring to both the last part of Donzelli's speech and those of other opposition deputies, the political dialectic undoubtedly went beyond respect for the principle of respect".
Cospito in the Opera prison.
Nordio: 'The 41 bis is essential' - Chronicle
Press conference on the Cospito case.
The Keeper of the Seals: 'In the face of violence it is not a question, the wave of acts of vandalism justifies the maintenance of 41bis'.
Tajani: 'We hope that everyone will support the government's action against violence'.
Piantedosi: 'There is a risk of regrouping fringes other than anarchists' (ANSA)
"Donzelli made a very harsh criticism of the opposition, accusing four parliamentarians of a certain conduct. The minimum is that there is a reply against him...", explained the vice president Giorgio Mulè, inviting them to "re-read the report".
Meanwhile, the PD deputies intervene in a flurry, asking Donzelli to apologize to the four PD deputies whom he accused of having met Cospito.
However, the apologies did not come from the exponent of the majority who counterattacked: "An apology? No.
I will gladly go to the jury
of honor to ask the Democratic Party to clarify his words. I hope that the Italian left which is stammering on Cospito apologize to the Italians''.
Cospito, Donzelli: 'I don't apologize, ready for the jury of honor'
