WORLD WORLDWIDE EUROPE ITALY - news journal UPDATE - (en) Italy, FAI - Umanita Nova: Piantedosi Bill: the security abyss (ca, de, it, pt, tr)[machine translation]

 The analysis of the Piantedosi Bill, one of the worst repressive laws in

"democratic" Italy since the fight against "terrorism", continues at
full speed in Parliament. ---- Between 10 and 18 September, the Chamber
approved the measure without substantial changes. ---- The intervention
of the parliamentary opposition was feeble. The role of the press was
masterful, having largely diverted the attention of the public, who were
gradually fed the emotional torments of Fitto's role in Europe, the
tragicomic events of Minister Sangiuliano, Meloni's speeches in New York
and other similar jokes. Unfortunately, even the intervention of the
grassroots movements has so far been completely insufficient.

Now the measure has been passed to the Senate for analysis and the last
possibility of a firm opposition from below opens up.

Needless to say, a good part of the bill is clearly "unconstitutional";
constitutions, as we know, are the place of beautiful rhetorical
declamations destined to remain eternally unapplied, declarations of
principle that are trampled upon whenever it suits the masters of the
moment.

What is more unconstitutional than the 41 bis prison isolation regime,
which even Amnesty International brands as "cruel, inhuman and
degrading"? Yet no government has ever dreamed of modifying this form of
torture that causes alterations of the social and mental faculties,
often irreversible, of the prisoners who suffer it.

It is also useless to dwell on some of the more scabrous aspects of the
bill (among the few that have attracted some comment from the press):
the muzzle for the protests against the Messina bridge, the elimination
of the rules in favor of mothers in prison, the prohibition even of
light cannabis, the ban on illegal immigrants buying a SIM card...

The entire measure must be rejected en bloc!

We refer to previous articles (UN 24, 27) for a more detailed analysis
of the provision, suffice it to recall here that the bill increases the
penalties for roadblocks and house occupations, severely punishes even
peaceful resistance (there has been talk of an "anti-Gandhi law"),
introduces the crime of prison riot (also applicable to CPRs), grants
the police (and the army in missions abroad) almost total impunity,
provides criminal immunity for secret service agents who commit
terrorist acts to fight terrorism (sic), grants police officers the
right to carry weapons even off duty, expands the possibilities of DASPO
and deferred arrest in the event of demonstrations...

We need to reverse the security narrative that has become common sense
in recent years: if attacks by citizens exasperated by the wait occur in
emergency rooms, the response is now to send vigilantes instead of
hiring new doctors, the discomfort in the neighborhoods is fought with
army garrisons instead of investments in social services. Very quiet
cities suddenly find themselves "threatened" by the presence of small
groups of drunks who disturb the public peace... Everywhere there is a
call for cameras, police and army patrols and the recruitment of private
vigilantes.

Obviously - as always - the security crackdown is one-way: at the same
time, abuse of office and "white collar" crimes are decriminalized and
impunity is ensured for crimes committed by bosses and politicians.

Aware that only the balance of power between social classes can
influence the evolution of laws, we must strengthen the mobilization
against this infamous law!

Mauro De Agostini

https://umanitanova.org/ddl-piantedosi-labisso-securitario/
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