"From what I know, the Quirinale doesn't let its moods filter through when it has something to say, it says it. If anyone thinks that my statement refers to Mattarella it would mean that Mattarella has withdrawn support from the police, but this is not the case and I wasn't referring to the Head of State, Giorgia Meloni was angry with the left. My relations with the President of the Republic are excellent even if there are attempts to create a rift with the Quirinale".
There are no distances with the Head of State". Giorgia Meloni said this referring to the statements on the Pisa affair.
"I was angry with the left, always capable of criticizing when things go wrong but never capable of defending the police."
Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said this at a press point in Toronto, to those who asked him if he was referring to the President of the Republic in his statement on the danger of "removing the support of the institutions from those who risk their safety every day to guarantee ours" .
"My relations with the President of the Republic are excellent, there is an attempt to create a rift between Palazzo Chigi and the Quirinale to shield opposition to the reform of the premiership. It does not seem correct to me to use a figure like that of the President of the Republic to This".
The Prime Minister said this underlining that "those who are serious know very well that I have made a reform that deliberately does not affect the powers of the Head of State, because I know that President Mattarella is a figure of guarantee, he is a unifying institution".
"The powers remain firm and unchanged", added Meloni, renewing "total esteem" for the head of state and "solidarity for the attempts to use him: the game is very clear to me, an attempt is being made to set up a clash with the president of Republic because the left doesn't know how to explain that it doesn't want citizens to choose who to represent them by."
"Sergio Mattarella is a figure of guarantee. The authority of the Head of State cannot be used to campaign against the prime ministership and for party interests. It is a lack of respect towards the President of the Republic".
Giorgia Meloni said this at the end of the meeting with Trudeau.
The Prime Minister also expresses solidarity and esteem for the Head of State for these "incorrect" attempts to involve him.
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