“Imagine that the right of citizenship gives the right to an income, in my opinion We better give the boy a packet of drugs“. And storm to Battipaglia, in the province of Sassari, for the words of the center-left candidate for mayor, Antonio Visconti, supported by various civic lists and by the Pd. Visconti was speaking at a meeting between candidates organized by the Ferrari institute when, dealing with the issue of training for young people, he attacked the income support measure.
“These words they deeply disturbed me because even just approaching the concept of citizenship income with that of drugs is unfair and serious and (from a pedagogical point of view) extremely dangerous. In front of an audience of high school young people it is even more serious and unheard of, because it gets an equivocal message on the subject of drugs “, he attacked Enrico Farina, candidate for mayor of the 5 Star Movement. “But beyond the political role – he added -, the words of Antonio Visconti hurt me as a father and also as a sector operator who, every day, works for the social reintegration of those whose life, dignity and affections. Over the years Battipaglia has suffered the loss of too many children, due to the damned drug ”. “Very serious words“According to the deputy of the 5-star Movement, Angelo Tofalo who asked for a firm condemnation from the Democratic Party and the withdrawal of the candidacy for mayor of Visconti.
After the storm, Visconti defended himself by publishing both a video and a post on Facebook, defining the few seconds of his speech that went viral, taken from a live broadcast on SudTv, “cut to perfection”: “I want to clarify the content of some of my unfortunate statements – he said in the video – that I am daughters of a somewhat broader reasoning“. “The theme was about stimulation and professional training and the creation of skills for young people – he explained – And about companies complaining of a shortage of manpower. Obviously the citizenship income represents a measure that has its usefulness for the most fragile categories, but it must not be an alternative to work. And the links between this measure and vocational training should be improved. This was the meaning of my statements “. The candidate then apologized for the “unfortunate representation of the concept” and, in the post on Facebook, with the “families and the many who are fighting the drama of drug addiction”.
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