Five years and Five Stars later. Italy versus Migrants.
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It took me a bit more than five years to write a new article on my
blog. I must admit, if on one hand it was partially due to laziness, as well as
my being 100% focused on my job, on the other hand I felt the urge to wait. Time
passed but sadly my vision was right. Grillo’s party – populist Five Star Movement
(Movimento 5 Stelle in Italian) - won the last elections held on the 4th
of March, gaining the 32% of the ballots.
In 2013 – see article below in this blog – I wrote that: «voting
Grillo means voting for an empty and dangerous new fascism. It also means do
not know in which path the country will walk». Well, now it’s clear where Italy
is going. First of all, it is important to make a step backward and briefly
talk about the other main character of this tragedy taking place in one of the
most beautiful stage’s theater in the world; Italy. Clearly the other
protagonist is the rebranded “League” party –formerly Northern League (Lega
Nord in Italian)- led by the folkloristic and neo fascist newly appointed
Minister of Interior – role that correspond to the Home Secretary office in the
UK – Matteo Salvini.
In these days Minister Salvini is keeping 148 asylum seeker locked in
an Italian Guard Cost ship docket at the Port of Catania, Sicily. This is the case
of the ship Diciotti and the arancini’s protest as reported by the BBC. The reason
of kidnapping –based on the Italian criminal law and on some statement from
prosecutor of Catania’s court this might be the crime Salvini is committing – lays
on two reasons. The first, winning more votes and, secondly, threating the EU
about migrants’ quota. Doing it is inhuman, as well as violating international
treaties.
Now, the “empty” Five Star Movement has chosen
the League to create a government. In five years Grillo’s movement has drawn a
line in the Italian political map, and the path is racism and lack of
competencies. Superficiality and reacting to the events instead of governing
are the other two ingredients of the government action. Hopefully this is only
a trial stage to these neophytes in politics.
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