Matteo Salvini cancel the rape bill. After stopping, a surprise came Senateeven though there are guarantees Giorgia MeloniNorthern League leaders are facing a political battle and are heading towards a slowdown. The consensus is “absolutely acceptable as a principle”, said the Transport Minister, “but laws that leave too much room for individual free interpretation are laws that risk clogging the courts and fueling conflict rather than reducing violence”.
The bill provides that “without free and current consent” constitutes a crime of sexual violence. A formulation denounced by the Northern League which, through the mouth of its leader, even supports: “Preliminary, informed and up-to-date agreements of this kind, as written, leave room for personal revenge, on the part of women and men, who without any abuse will use the unclear rules for personal vendettas that will clog the courts.” Yesterday senators blocked the agreement, which is already considered trivial, Giulia Bongiornowhich Salvini now hides, calling him “an expert and defender of many women victims of violence and abuse.”
The bipartisan bill wants to be rewritten article 609-bis of the Criminal Code regarding the crime of rape. The text, approved unanimously in the House, was the result of a deal between Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and Democratic Party secretary Elly Schlein that included in the code a new concept of “free and current consent” that would need to be taken into account in court. “A big step forward for this country, a small big cultural revolution”, Schlein praised and explained: “In this we must be able to put aside the strong political differences we have and try to make this country take a leap forward”. However the FdI has also spoken of a “cultural revolution” with speaker Carolina Varchi who, in the Council, thanked the Prime Minister. To be precise, the fulcrum of this provision is the idea of “free and current consent” included in criminal law in accordance with the provisions of the Istanbul Convention. Italy is in line with 21 European countries that have taken this step.
Salvini’s article opposing rape bill: “The law is too interpretable”. For the minister, the term “seeking approval” provides “room for personal revenge” comes from Il Fatto Quotidiano.
