WORLD WORLDWIDE EUROPE ITALY - news journal UPDATE - (en) Italy, UCADI, #210 - What's New - The Assault on the Presidency (ca, de, it, pt, tr)[machine translation]

The media outcry sparked by Ruggero's conviction by the Supreme Court of Cassation goes far beyond the issues surrounding his own sentence and is being used to influence the powers of the Presidency of the Republic and pave the way for the failure to introduce the premiership, which constitutes the greatest political failure of the Meloni government. What is underway is a convergent maneuver to discredit the Presidency of the Republic and reduce its powers through the amendment of the electoral law and the introduction of the nomination of the prime minister, thus stripping the head of state of his power of appointment and his role as political mediator, thus pre-establishing the objective primacy of the executive.

On the merits of the Ruggero case, which so stirs the stomachs of Italians, we will not comment, given the disgusting nature of the manipulation of do-it-yourself justice, reviving the law of retaliation. Nor will we comment on the extent of the sentence, the manner in which it will be carried out, or even the complex technical issue of the procedures for requesting a pardon. We simply note that the person requesting a pardon is far from remorseful for his actions and has not even begun serving his sentence.
Given this, the best strategy to weaken an institution is to discredit it. In this case, equating the pardon request of the proud defendant with the pardon requested by Minetti is a clever, because it is degrading, ploy for media attack. Recalling the pardon granted to the migrant unjustly accused of being a human trafficker is a politically useful ploy to arouse the country's right-wing sentiments. Even capitalizing on ignorance of this invoked episode, the controversy generated further benefits in that it raises a completely marginal and peripheral issue, diverting attention from the real problems facing the country-low wages, the crisis in the healthcare system, the education system, involvement in the war, and so on. It thus proves to be an excellent weapon of mass distraction in the hands of the governing majority, an excellent tool for manipulating public opinion.
To hold the reins of the Republic and offer themselves as guarantor to the American masters, guaranteeing their continued control and the servile obedience of the country, in the face of the emergence of new political balances and new alliances, while preparing for war and doing everything possible to convert public opinion to a warmongering it abhors, while efforts are underway for a massive rearmament to the detriment of welfare and social services, it is necessary to maintain the current framework of alliances and relations: the weight of the Presidency of the Republic is decisive in establishing the country's foreign policy orientation. The current Presidency of the Republic, while playing a positive role in defending the Constitution and maintaining the balance of domestic politics, with numerous concessions that allowed the incumbent government to enact measures that severely impacted citizens' freedoms, has guaranteed the loyalty to the Atlantic Alliance through conviction, cultural background, and political education of the current occupant of the Quirinale.
One need only refer to the speech given in 2025 at the University of Aix-Marseille to appreciate the obscurantist and reactionary vision of the incumbent President.
The election of the next President of the Republic is the last chance for an octogenarian mainstream politician to continue serving his American master. The battle that is brewing to win the race will be bloody and no holds barred: the stakes are too high, and the fate of the country depends on it.

https://www.ucadi.org/2026/07/23/cosa-ce-di-nuovo-lassalto-alla-presidenza-della-repubblica/
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