2023-09-08 18:00:32
First end-of-summer controversy for the prime minister of Italia, Giorgia Meloni. He the casualty of war: and new decree law which provides for measures that, in the opinion of the transalpine Executive, will stop youth crime.
The reform was approved this Thursday night and will enter effective immediately (Although, in order not to decay, it must be converted into law by Parliament in 60 days). And it provides for a series of measures that have given much to talk about. Among them: that the minors could be arrested more easily and that parents who do not comply with the mandatory schooling of their children face penalties of up to two years in prison and the loss of parental rights.
The decree has been celebrated by the League of Matteo Salvini, Meloni’s most important political partner. “A boy who kills must pay like an adult“, the ultranationalist leader had said. According to the new legislation, Italy does not lower the age of imputability, but they do lower the threshold that allows the application of the law from 9 to 6 years. preventive prison in case of convictions of minors between 14 and 18 years of age. What the Government considers will encourage judges to hand down more prison sentences for minors who commit crimes and are captured in flagrant crime.
Out of control
The backdrop for the new legislation is some terrible events that have shaken Italy this summer. Especially: a gang rape against a 19-year-old girl in Palermo, Sicily, for which seven young people caught on camera while dragging the girl to an open field are being investigated. And also another group rape of two cousins aged 10 and 12 in Caivano, near Naples, where about 10 young people, some minors, are being investigated. In this city days ago a 24-year-old musician was murdered by gunshot by a minor under 17 years of age in the historic center, after an argument over a poorly parked motorcycle.
“We are facing a situation that is out of control and we must act,” said Meloni, after meeting with the mother of the murdered musician. These measures “They are not just repressive normsthey are also prevention”, he has defended himself.
The young people, away from Meloni
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Meloni’s legislative initiative has also coincided with two major police operations that, during the week, have entered humble neighborhoods and difficult areas in Naples and Rome. Large quantities of drugs and weapons have been seized there. More than 80 people have also been arrested.
According to recent surveys, the youngest are too the furthest of Meloni’s policies, and prefer other political leaders, such as Joseph Conte, the head of the 5 Star Movement. The battles for the climategender identity and civil rights, very popular among those under 35, are some of the reasons for this phenomenon.
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