TGVerona.it – Bacciga fascist salute, two exposed to the Prosecutor's Office
While the Counselor Avv. Andrea Bacciga, very worried, already asks for quality drinks, no oranges and no time wasters for the future “gabbio”, from his deckchair in the middle of the beach… (n.d.r.)
14/08/2018 09:24
They were introduced two reported to the Verona prosecutor's office against the majority councilor Andrea Bacciga who last 26 July in the chamber he addressed some members of the Non una di Meno movement, raising his right arm outstretched, giving rise to a fascist demonstration. The gesture, repeated in the classroom, it was seen by several people: opposition and majority municipal councilors, representatives of the citizens and naturally by the exponents of the movement Not one less, present in the chamber that day because the discussion of two motions proposed by two councilors of the Northern League aimed at giving ample space to Catholic associations to oppose free abortion and to systematize the "burial of unborn children" program, even without the consent of the woman involved and at the expense of public health.
Some activists of Non Una di Meno, movement that at a national level had decided to oppose the approval of the two motions through pressure on social networks, they had decided that day to put on a scene, as has already happened in many other cities and countries around the world, a peaceful protest, whose message was conveyed by clothing. That is, they wore clothes similar to those of the serie tv The Handmaid’s Tale, that is, red tunics and cloaks and white headdresses. In the book and in the series, women dressed in this way live as sexual slaves and living incubators.
Following the events that occurred during the session of 26 July 2018 councilor Bacciga claimed responsibility for his gesture in a tweet in which (following the outcry resulting from his gesture and the public denunciation of Non Una di Meno which asked for his immediate resignation and which anticipated that he would take legal action) quoted Benito Mussolini: “If you acquit me you do me a favor, if you condemn me you do me an honor”.
On his Facebook page, councilor Bacciga also published the mobile phone numbers of two women belonging to the Non Una di Meno movement, numbers still visible as well the sexist and denigrating comments towards them.
In the two complaints presented to the prosecutor's office by the lawyer Federica Panizzo it is believed that the conduct of the City Councilor Andrea Bacciga constitutes the crime referred to in the art. 5 of law no. 645 of the 1952 (the so-called Scelba law). Bacciga, showing off the Roman salute, staged a demonstration of the dissolved fascist party, behavior which is even more serious given that it took place within the City Council chamber and that it was done by a person who was democratically elected according to the rules of the Republic of the Italian State and its Constitution.
The first complaint was presented by Non Una di Meno, the second will be presented in a few days by dozens of citizens, some and some of which belong to associations that have known, by the media, what happened in the City Council meeting of 26 July.
Among the associations there are, for now: Pink Club, planet Milk Verona – LGBT Pianeta Center A.P.S., the Orma trade union association, the Circle of the Rose, l’ANED (National association of former deportees to Nazi camps, Isoline and
Bacciga: the greeting becomes a national case
https://www.repubblica.it/politica/2018/07/27/news/saluto_romano_destra_verona_consiglio_comunale-202795134/E’ the brawl made the headlines in the national press, with fascist salute, broke out at Palazzo Barbieri during the last session before the summer break. A long article was dedicated by “case” from the online edition of Corriere della Sera.
Casus belli the anti-abortion motion of the Northern League member Zelger which was awaited on the balconies by a large group of protesters, in particular the activists of “Not one less” who showed up dressed as nuns. A tense climate, In short, which fell when two councillors (Bertucco and Gennari) they saw Andrea Bacciga address the audience of activists with the Roman greeting. At that point the brawl broke out on the benches of the city council with a near brawl, while insults flew from the audience. In the end, the Zelger motion was not discussed due to the pandemonium it unleashed. Now the controversy continues with the activists of Non una di meno who are asking for the resignation of councilor Bacciga and threatening exposure to the Prosecutor's Office and the Bar Association.
For his part, Bacciga denies it “I was just waving with my right hand”.
Source: TGVerona by TeleNuovo
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