Tunisia

Poor Constitution, pulled left and right for convenience and partisanship. And now the writer who hates Salvini does it too
Of Alessandro Sallusti
Roberto Saviano, probably from his New York penthouse where he lives well protected (or perhaps from some pleasant place, secret and armored holiday resort) writes that Matteo Salvini should be arrested because – preventing the disembarkation of 177 immigrants saved at sea by our Coast Guard – he is violating the Constitution on which he was sworn in as minister.
Poor Constitution, pulled left and right for convenience and partisanship. Saviano hates Matteo Salvini, it is his right guaranteed by the Constitution, which was also designed to allow people like him – and to all the ignorant, arrogant, stupid and wicked – to be able to freely express their thoughts. But fortunately the Constitution also says other things. For example – article one – that sovereignty belongs to the people, not to writers or even to magistrates. And the people decided that Salvini should be in government, not Saviano's friends. Amici, like Boldrini, who were soundly rejected precisely because of their ideas on immigration.
Let's go further. The Constitution determines and regulates the rights and duties of Italian citizens, not those of Tunisia or Niger. Obviously – article two – requires everyone to respect the inviolable rights of man, which in the case of the immigrants in question are not those of landing in Catania but of being saved, look after yourself, and cared for. Things that have happened and are happening in conditions of maximum safety on board the Diciotti ship. And we are also in full compliance with article ten, who recites: «…the legal status of the foreigner is regulated by law in accordance with international norms and treaties", given that the rescue of these desperate people took place in Maltese waters and therefore their landing place – on the basis of the treaties – it's not Catania but it had to be Malta or, in the alternative, in part among all the countries of the European Community. Read More