385. Italy’s President Under Fire by Communist Leader
Yesterday Fausto Bertinotti, leader
of the once Extreme Left Communist Party in Italy sent an open letter to the
renown Italian national paper “Corriere della Sera” accusing the President of
Italy Giorgio Napolitano of “suspending democracy”, punctuating his letter with
a series of “YOU CAN’T…”
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| Fausto Bertinotti Credits: Wikipedia |
Bertinotti claims that democracy in
Italy has been suspended be it for the government coalition formed by the “unnatural” extractions from left and right and the un-negotiable directives which
come from the EU community. “The President cannot,” Bertinotti claims, “authoritatively
freeze the present solution to the problem of government, as being the only one
possible, as if prescribed by a higher authority or as if it has been
acknowledged by a historical reality.”
Naturally President Napolitano gave
his reason to demonstrate he is not suspending or freezing democracy in any way, reasons which are not only elementary but obvious, and hardly worth repeating, let it
be summarized in the fact that the President of Italy can do what he has done
because that is the will of the people as expressed in the last elections.
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| President of Italy: Girorgio Napolitano Credits: Wikipedia |
It is precisely people who express
opinions as mentioned above that produce violence, disruption, resentment in
those few who would wish to spread malcontent among the people to produce a
fiercely litigious Italy, because in effect there is nothing anti-democratic in
what is going on in Italy, least of all in what President Napolitano has done.
Let us make a check-list of this
anti-democratic Italy that Bertinotti claims exists:
Is there a democratically elected
parliament and consequently government in Italy? Yes.
Is there a democratically elected
majority in both Houses of Parliament? Yes.
Is there a democratically elected
minority and therefore an opposition in both Houses of Parliament? Yes.
Are the members of parliament free
to say and vote as they wish? Yes.
So Mr. Bertinotti go back to the
drawing board and study democracy a little more thoroughly, because we here in
Italy have one of the best governments that has been established in years and I
for one will do all I can to defend its existence. This government should by
the laws of democracy remain into being until its natural expiration, namely in
four years’ time - Fortunately we have a President who will safeguard this
right- because HE CAN… we said so.
