Of Teresa Moro
On Tuesday 10 July, l’Association for the Defense of Values, led by president Filippo Fiani, held a press conference at the Chamber of the deputies to illustrate well 11 complaints presented to the Prosecutor's Office of the Court of Auditors to request verification of the patronage given by various local administrations to Gay Pride, and therefore to the associative world Lgbt.
A first pilot exhibition was presented a month ago in Tuscany – the region by far with the most sponsoring bodies of the Gay Pride – and had brought about concrete results, although causality cannot be verified, the municipality's failure to finance the Tuscany Pride.
Also present at yesterday's event in the Chamber was the Honourable Giovanni Donzelli Of Brothers of Italy and the senator Simone Pillon, from the League.
ProVita contacted Filippo Fiani for a brief exchange.

President, First of all, could you explain to us the genesis and development of your initiative?

The question is simple: we searched for all the Pride created and planned in Italy, then the list of administrations that have given patronage.
Once the data has been gathered, we have decided to present a complaint to various sections of the Prosecutor's Office of the Court of Auditors. This does not have a criminal nature because we were not entitled to report damage to the treasury, However places the Prosecutor's Office under the obligation to investigate the accounts and verify whether there have been any crimes: if so, but it remained on a civil level, it would be the Prosecutor's Office itself that would inflict a sanction; if instead the irregularities turn out to be of a criminal nature, the Public Prosecutor's Office would be involved.
By doing this we ensured that we did not preemptively point the finger at those who gave the patronage, because there may be cases in which this was given for a "moral" question, although not shareable, but it did not cause any damage to the state.

What discoveries has your research led you to??

What happened is that this action of ours he allowed us to uncover a large pot and was preparatory for discover the connection indirect that exists between the administrations and the Pride, which materializes through the Rete Ready. The administrations that are part of it must in fact give an account of their actions to the various associations Lgbt e, even just this, involves costs that fall on all taxpayers.
We arrived at this intuition thanks to a statement from the governor of Tuscany Rossi, who declared that he had not given a euro to Pride, but of having financed the Rete Ready… e this resonated with us a lot in relation to the case Unar-Anddos.
In conclusion, let's think about it: because every administration that moves to the right immediately detaches itself from Rete Ready? Simply because it is a legal way of receiving money and then distributing it to various institutions Lgbt who would never have had the right to it.

According to your estimates, what is the economic damage, in addition to that of a moral nature, brought about by Gay Pride?

Having deliberately decided not to use a damage claim tool, precisely calling into question the Prosecutor's Office of the Court of Auditors, we don't have an estimate.
However, it is important to underline that our intent was not to request compensation in our favor, How much attempt to raise awareness of the value of advocacy, which cannot cover initiatives that are in certain respects even contrary to Italian law.

At which prosecutor's offices was the complaint filed??

The prosecutor's offices involved are those of Campania, Lombardy, Piedmont, Umbria, Lazio, Tuscany, Sicily, Veneto, Sardinia, Liguria, Trento and Bolzano. [Even in Emilia Romagna we would need to investigate... read here, ndR]

What outcome do you expect??

We don't expect a great one exploit. But, out of twelve prosecutors' offices, even being able to make a small hole in a dam that has been standing for a long time is already a step.
More than legal results, we want to investigate and tease a system that has protected itself and which has always considered itself untouchable and which now finds itself somewhat exposed to the attacks that citizens can carry out according to the laws of the State.

You have already had complaints from associations close to the world Lgbt?

Yesterday's conference generated articles in the regions that were indicated as recipients of the complaint. E the sites already Lgbt they start attacking us, saying that sponsorships are legitimate and above all free... but this is never the case: there is always a cost behind it, even if perhaps you don't directly give money to associations, because money is spent to participate in an event that did not deserve administrative representation.
Locally, Then, the association I represent was harshly attacked in a city council meeting: «There is no prophet in the country», In short…