Discontent against the Minister of Defense is widespread in the Armed Forces. The criticisms: “It is in Di Maio's hands”
Discontent among the military grows. The statements of the Minister of Defense, Elisabetta Trenta, following the opening of an investigation against General Paolo Riccò, than last 25 April had abandoned the Liberation Day ceremony in Viterbo following the ANPI attacks, neither the rank and file nor the top brass of the Armed Forces liked them. The controversy broke out on social media, so much so that a group was created, which matters beyond that 4.400 registered, from the name «I am with General Paolo Riccò».
The fact is that the minister, during his year in office, he made a lot of promises, but he kept few, starting from those on the reorganization of careers, so much so that a Cocer delegate had to do, in the absolute silence of the Defense, 40 days of hunger strike to get the necessary reassurances from Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte.
The military is used to obedience, respect for the institution, so if they have reached this point it is because they really can no longer stand the actions of the gods 5 place. Everything passes through the Rousseau platform, with decisions that fall from above. «The Thirty – says an officer – he is a good person, but it is in the hands of Di Maio and the Five Star Movement. He has no real decision-making power. The problem isn't her, but his closest collaborators, that we ask ourselves: they were chosen by the minister or someone else?». What makes us even more furious are the recent attacks on the Minister of the Interior, Matteo Salvini, whose consensus is also growing within the Armed Forces. The deputy prime minister never fails to take care of the uniforms and the military likes this, that they feel, Instead, con i 5 position, in the hands of amateurs in disarray. And the discontent really affects all levels, despite appearances.

The auxiliary brigadier general Vincenzo Liguori wrote yesterday on Facebook, after Trenta deleted one of her comments: «You talk a lot about transparency, but it applies censorship in the worst form of Bolshevik memory! My thought did not offend anyone and referred to the technical aspects of the assessment procedures you implemented and advertised. His reaction demeans any attempt at dialogue, reducing it to the mere either you side with and pay my respects or I cancel you! This is not democracy".
Lieutenant Alessandro Scano, of the Montebello Lancers regiment, injured in 1993 in the fighting in Mogadishu, he doesn't mince his words on the General Riccò affair and wonders what «the opportunity is, given the gravity and media coverage, of checks and investigations that are legitimate and required by law. But also about the opportunity for members of the current government to publish their opinions on social media". Remembering Riccò's CV, specification: «For us, suffering and valor on the field, they have no color. Let the politicians clarify, in their parliamentary spheres and not in official ceremonies, their differences and above all their contradictions without pouring their ideological bile on us, about our families and, worse, on our fallen". And he concludes: «We are all already with Paolo Riccò».
General Marco Bertolini, former commander of the Joint Forces Top Operational Command, candidate for the European elections for Fdi, makes criticisms: «This is turning into an unpleasant story, which could be completed with a solemn commendation to the person concerned, in an assist for those who are trying to destroy the Armed Forces; which are not the property of the minister, nor the government coalition, but of all Italians".
Source: http://m.ilgiornale.it/news/2019/05/06/i-generali-sfiduciano-la-trenta-la-protesta-corre-sul-web/1689437/