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January 22, 2020 "A racist and shameful attitude that undermines relations between Italy and Tunisia". Osama Sghaier, vice-president of the Tunisian Parliament who harshly condemns the League's intercom to a Tunisian family in Bologna, speaks to Radio Capital. "Salvini is an irresponsible - says Sghaier, - because it is not the first time that he has taken shameful attitudes towards the Tunisian population. He continues to be racist and undermines the relationships that exist between the Italian population and ours. Our countries have excellent relations. The Tunisians in Italy pay taxes and those taxes also serve to pay Salvini's salary. So - concludes Osama Sghaier - it is a purely racist gesture ".

The protest of the Tunisian embassy in Italy
The Tunisian ambassador in Rome, Moez Sinaoui, expressed "dismay at the embarrassing conduct of a senator from the Italian Republic" after the League leader intercomed a Tunisian citizen in front of the cameras accusing him of drug dealing in a Bologna neighborhood. It is a "provocation with no respect for a private home," said the ambassador citing his words contained in a letter sent to the President of the Senate, Maria Elisabetta Casellati. The ambassador stressed that "a Tunisian family was illegitimately defamed" and wanted to clarify that between Italy and Tunisia "there are excellent relations in every sector".

Salvini to Tunisia: fight against drugs should unite
"The vice-president of the Tunisian parliament accuses me of racism? I have collected the cry of pain of a courageous mother who has lost her son for drugs. An act of gratitude that we should all do: the fight against drug dealers should unite and not divide. Tolerance zero against drugs and death dealers: for us it is a priority. In Emilia Romagna and throughout Italy there are good immigrants, who have integrated and respect the laws. But whoever peddles is a problem for everyone: whether he is a foreigner or Italian makes no difference. "

Italian controversies too
The intercom continues to arouse comments and controversy also in Italy. For Nicola Morra, president of the Antimafia Commission, "ringing the intercom, accusing people without proof: this is the courage of the coward, accompanied by a bunch of idolaters, who recalls the darkest moments of fascist squad. A serious act, which undermines our democracy and the values ​​of civil life. Salvini goes to ring the intercom in favor of cameras, but he did not have the time or perhaps the courage to present himself in the Anti-Mafia commission ".

Morra is echoed by Manlio Di Stefano, Undersecretary for Foreign Affairs who does not hesitate to define the intercom "a boast that makes it clear that we are dealing with a hypocritical cialtrone, without any morals and understanding of the minimum constitutional guarantees, amply demonstrated in these 40 years of institutional parasitism ".

For Enrico Rossi, president of the Tuscany Region, "Salvini is a danger for democracy, and for all people who think that problems must be resolved democratically. People are not kidnapped in democracy; you don't handcuff yourself in democracy, if anything they are the judiciary that intervenes and puts handcuffs on law enforcement; in democracy we do not refer to judgment; in democracy we do not absolve ourselves; in democracy, when investigations are underway, appeals are not made to the people ".

The Minister of Infrastructures, Paola De Micheli, also intervenes, who highlights how "all the behavior of these days, these hours, the violence of his words, lead to a clear objective: that of transforming the Emilia-Romagna people into subjects".

While the mayor of Bologna, Virginio Merola, spoke yesterday evening with a post on Facebook in which he said: "I believe that we should be ashamed, dear Salvini. You are not an ordinary citizen. You did the Interior Minister, as never in that case did you not have the same interest? Maybe because now it's just propaganda and behaves irresponsible for a few more votes ".

The boy will legally protect himself
The boy from the Tunisian family to whom the leader of the League Matteo Salvini telephoned yesterday in via Deledda, in the Bologna district of the Pilastro, will legally protect himself. The former minister asked "is your son a drug dealer?". The boy, together with his father, made contact with the advocate Cathy La Torre, a civil rights activist. The boy is a 17-year-old, born in Italy, and was not at home when the League leader intercomed his family.