The leader of the far-right Brothers of Italy party, Giorgia Meloni, received strong criticism on Monday for having published on her social networks a video of a rape of a woman in the middle of the street to ensure that there will be greater security in the country if she wins the planned general elections. for September 25.
The video, which was also published by the leader of the League, Matteo Salvini, showed a Ukrainian woman assaulted and raped in the middle of the street in Piacenza (central Italy) by someone who both politicians defined as "an asylum seeker".
“You cannot remain silent in the face of this appalling episode of sexual violence against a Ukrainian woman perpetrated during the day in Piacenza by an asylum seeker. Hugs to this woman. I will do everything to return security to our cities,” he wrote. this Sunday on Twitter the far-right leader.
Before the publication of the video, the general secretary of the progressive Democratic Party, Enrico Letta, stated: "I call on everyone: we are within the limits of decency, the video published by Giorgia Meloni about a rape is indecent. Respect for people come first," said the secretary general of the progressive Democratic Party, Enrico Letta.
For her part, Laura Boldrini, a deputy from the Democratic Party (PD) and president of the Chamber's Committee on Human Rights in the World, also described it as "a vulgar way of campaigning." "It is serious that the indignation of the right is intermittent, based on the nationality of those who commit the crime. One must always be against violence against women in all cases," she added.
"Have you verified the identity of the author? Have you asked the woman if she agrees with the dissemination of the images?" Sandra Zampa, also a member of the PD, wrote for her part.
"Reporting a rape is one thing, putting on social networks the video in which the raped person is seen, exposing her to an avalanche of people who go to see her in a morbid way, is unworthy of a civilized country. Meloni did something unworthy of a civilized country, and against women. If it were my daughter or his daughter, we would not want her to be exposed on social networks while she is being raped, by a political leader who is a candidate to govern the country, "said the leader of Action, Carlo Calenda
Meloni also sparked controversy today by explaining in one of his electoral campaign videos that he is posting on his social networks and in which he stated that they will invest "in sports and young people to fight deviations and train generations of new healthy and determined Italians" .
Although he did not clarify what "deviations" he was referring to, the PD leader responded again to Meloni: "I think about it and I say it: Long live the deviations."
