“We are here to demonstrate solidarity with innocent victims of an inhuman act and here to report but also to demonstrate the serious, authoritative, constant presence of the State which in territories like this have not been sufficiently perceived and perhaps not sufficiently present”. The Prime Minister said it Giorgia Meloni after visit to the Caivano Green Park (in the province of Naples), "theater" of repeated abuses against the two cousins aged 10 and 12. With her also three ministers: Matteo Piantedosi (Interior), Giuseppe Valditara (Education) and Andrea Abodi (Sport).
The prime minister was greeted by applause but also by anger from those who lost their citizen's income: "Give us jobs", "Shame on you" some shouted. All in a climate of very high tension - between officers in riot gear and a police helicopter hovering above the church - after social threats to the prime minister.
Melons in Caivano: here's what he said
At the end of the provincial committee for order and security, the prime minister took stock of the long morning of meetings in the center of the courtyard of the Francesco Morano high school in Caivano. And he begins his speech by thanking all the participants. “We came here today to respond to the invitation of Father Patriciello, an extraordinary priest who I want to thank for his advice and daily work. For how he demonstrates how one can be an example and a resource ”.
No free zones in Italy
Then he continues: “We are here almost ten years after the terrible story of Loffredo luck, a year after the death of Antonio, if we are here today to condemn a barbaric episode, it means that a failure of the State and of the institutions has occurred despite the efforts. Different signals need to be given: a just state defends the weakest. The number of people involved in the double rape feeds the idea that the episodes are more than those known. We are here to show our face: there can be no free zones in Italy. And I say this to the many Caivanos in Italy."
The Delphinia sports center
And again: “I intend to involve the entire government on two points: firmness against illegality and drugs. This area will be reclaimed and you will soon see the fruits of our presence in the area. I thank the forces of order and the magistrates for this. They are not alone and will be less and less alone." The first of these answers concerns the Delphinia sports center, continues Meloni. “Our goal is to reopen it by spring. We will involve the Fiamme Oro of the State Police to manage it. Intervention worth around 10 million euros".
The school and other initiatives
“Then there is the school,” continues the prime minister, “the extraordinary principal Carfora, who goes house to house to pick up the kids and take them to school. With the southern agenda decree you are investing over 260 million euros and will involve all four schools in Caivano. She means full time, psychological and social assistance and will be the subject of a meeting with De Luca. Here they will come up to 20 more teachers". He also announces that Minister Sangiuliano "has made 13 million euros available for the multimedia library and initiatives in the sports and cultural centre".
Don Patriciello: “It went very well”
Father Patriciello “It went very well.” “It couldn't have gone better than this – adds the parish priest of the church of San Paolo Apostolo-. We told him with great seriousness and also with a hint of irony: we have a great desire to applaud the Prime Minister who for the first time in Italy is a woman. However, if the promises as happened in the past should not come true, we also know how to whistle. But I think there won't be any need. We must continue to hope and dare – concludes Don Maurizio Patriciello -. There was a response, and I have to thank the prime minister who brought along three ministers. It's not like it happens every day... The important thing now is to arrive at some concrete results for our people, for Parco Verde and Caivano."
Then the request for “block porn sites”. Don Maurizio Patriciello added another piece that in recent days had supported the proposal of Minister Roccella and also the appeal of Rocco Siffredi.
The private meeting with the governor
According to what was leaked Giorgia Meloni should meet the president of the Region Vincenzo De Luca, before embarking for Greece, expected tonight in Athens for a dinner with Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis. With De Luca you will take stock of the interventions to be implemented to redevelop the Green Park of Caivano.
