Leghist Piazza evokes Modena at Schlein's rally: suspended. Meloni: 'Unacceptable words'

The election campaign in Lecco, which will be called upon to renew the municipal administration on Sunday 24 May, has ended in controversy. It was raised by the words on social media of Debora Piazza. Commenting on the presence yesterday in Piazza Cermenati of the Pd secretary Elly Schlein, the secretary and town councillor of the League in Barzanò, as well as regional head of the League's Animal Welfare Department, wrote: 'We don't have someone who drives with depression problems unemployed who offends Christians passing by and does us a favour.

Solidarity with the Pd secretary was expressed by Premier Giorgia Meloni. "I express my solidarity with Elly Schlein for the extremely serious comment with which a local exponent of the Lega in Lecco evoked the Modena massacre by referring to the PDD secretary's rally in Lecco," reads the Prime Minister in a note. "These are unacceptable words, which go beyond all limits and which cannot find any justification in political confrontation. The League,' Meloni added, 'did well to intervene immediately, suspending the person responsible from her posts. It was a right, clear and unambiguous decision. Violence, even if only evoked, can never become political language. There must be no hesitation about this'.

The words of the secretary and town councillor of the League in Barzanò prompted the PD to express 'indignation' and 'firm condemnation'. It is a 'clear reference to the massacre carried out in Modena a few days ago', the Dems stressed. "We are not in front of a joke or a provocation: we are in front of a phrase that evokes a violent gesture against militants, citizens and political adversaries engaged in a normal democratic initiative," the PD wrote in a note, noting that "Debora Piazza is not a simple sympathiser: she is a city councillor, a Lega Nord leader and an active part of the centre-right's election campaign in Lecco in support of Filippo Boscagli. "This is why we are calling for an immediate and unequivocal distancing from the Lecco Lega, the leader Carlo Piazza and the entire provincial and city structure of the party, but also from the mayoral candidate Filippo Boscagli. We also demand the resignation of Debora Piazza from the Barzanò municipal council. Politics can be tough. Confrontation can be heated. But violence, even if only evoked or desired, can never become political language. Never'.

Tightly, the Lega's move. "As Lega Lombarda and Lega Lecchese we totally distance ourselves, in a clear and unequivocal manner, from the unacceptable and absurd sentences written in a comment on social media by Debora Piazza, whom we have already immediately suspended from all our internal posts and for whom we are considering further disciplinary measures, to be taken in the competent fora. Naturally, we express our solidarity with Elly Schlein for what happened'. This was explained by the regional secretary of the Lega Lombarda and leader of the Lega group in the Senate, Massimiliano Romeo, and the provincial secretary of Lecco, Daniele Butti.