"What did Mattarella say?": Franca Caffa was in the front row among the Pro Palestine demonstrators who attempted to march in Milan on Saturday and were blocked in Via Padova.
And the ninety-four-year-old former PRC municipal councilor, founder of the Molise-Calvairate-Ponti tenants' committee, asked the question to one of the carabinieri involved in the riot, and was taken aback by the answer, as can be seen in a video published by some media.
"With all due respect, ma'am, you are not my president" is the soldier's response which can be seen from the videos of the day.
"What country is he from?"
Caffa then asks, to which the carabiniere replies: "I didn't vote for him, I didn't choose him, I don't recognize him".
The force, which also informed the ordinary judicial and military authorities of the episode, will order the immediate transfer of the soldier to a non-operational position.
Furthermore, as far as the force knows, all necessary measures will be promptly adopted, including those of a disciplinary nature.
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