imitate fascist salute or Roman, arm raised, will not be considered a crime in italy if not available concrete danger of a real intention revive fascism, as reported this Thursday by the Joint Divisions of the Supreme Court (equivalent to the Supreme Court in Spain). The decision, the reasons for which will be known in the coming days, has been announced. famous by formations far right and by Ignazio La RussaPresident and member of the Senate Italy’s brothers, post-fascist party Giorgia Meloni.
Individuals who imitated the fascist salute or continued similar behavior were repeatedly accused. Moot point a country in italy apology for fascism It is considered a crime. However, due to the large number Various sentences about these behaviorsThe Supreme Court had decided to seek the intervention of the Joint Divisions, which were charged with, among other things, the following crimes: combine declarations from different courts when there is confusion.
As a result, the following decision was made:does not turn off completely questionAlthough it was stated that this move could only be prosecuted criminally if it was linked to Benito Mussolini’s will to rebuild his party, this move was abandoned. It is up to the judges to interpret conditions of each situation,” says jurist Raffaelle Bifulco, professor at Luiss University in Rome. “In summary, it seems that this is a crime due to the ignorance of the (Supreme Court’s) arguments, but It will be very difficult to prove this“, adds Ibérica Prensa in his comments to El Periódico de Catalunya.
Joy on the far right
So much so that, according to what is known so far, the Italian judges decided that the case they had to decide was the case filed against him. eight far-right militants The issue of who was the person who saluted at a commemoration ceremony in Milan in 2016 will have to be discussed again. The question is whether the decision will also affect those who were recently arrested for making this gesture. big action in memory of the three far right youth which caused an incident in 1978 wave of anger in Italy.
This is the comment for now: Kazapound, a formation far right He issued a statement as soon as the judicial decision became known joy. “This victory puts an end to the worthless controversy surrounding the commemoration. Acca Larenzia Instead of inciting outrage because murderers are still at large 40 years later, left calls for trial and condemnation for those who hold commemorations,” assessed the group, which has no presence in the Italian Parliament.
Criticism of Russia
The main figure of the discussion was Ignazio La RussaPresident Senate and belongs to the far right wing of post-fascists siblings Italy. La Russa, who argued days ago that giving a fascist salute is a crime, evaluated Cassation’s statement as “speaking for itself”.
As if this wasn’t enough, the discussion came to a point. An excuse for criticism of the Kremlin and more specifically, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. “Pay attention to greetings Roman fascists“In his statement this Thursday, Lavrov criticized Italy – along with Germany and Japan – for its supposedly lax attitude towards these events.