«There is an unstoppable advance of the No vote in the country because there is also an unstoppable indignation among the Italians at what they have heard in recent days, especially from the Prime Minister, who said that if the No vote wins, rapists and pedophiles will be freed. This is an indication of great weakness.”
Angelo Bonelli, deputy of the Green and Left Alliance and co-spokesperson for Green Europe, declared this in Cosenza on the sidelines of an event on the reasons for the No vote in the referendum. «The real project of this referendum is to have full powers and control the judiciary which, for us, is a safeguard of democracy in the fight against organized crime and corruption, everything that this government is not doing», he continued. According to Bonelli «this politics of fear on the referendum is a boomerang. The government had four years to reform the justice system and did nothing, leaving the judicial offices abandoned to themselves, not hiring magistrates, judicial auditors, clerks, administrators, not digitizing and leaving Justice in shambles. The only concern is to get our hands on the judiciary.”
On the war: “Parliament should be convened in a joint session. We are faced with a historic transition”
«We are in a phase where the risk of entering a global war is around the corner. There must be – continued Bonelli speaking about the war in the Middle East – the convening of the Italian Parliament in a joint session because we are faced with a historic transition. The global right is taking responsibility for a global conflict. Giorgia Meloni must be very clear from this point of view”. “The bombing of gas fields is a crime against humanity and against the environment”, she underlined. Regarding London’s announcement of a six-country plan, which would also include Italy, for the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, Bonelli spoke of «disconcerting news in the way in which it was communicated. Meloni had promised that he would inform us. Why are we informed of such a serious event from England? Did Italy go to war? If this is the case, Meloni must come to Parliament immediately.”