"Of the many places in Europe where I would have liked to be on August 23rd, that was the last one (after the dentist's chair and the queue on the 554)." The location is the town hall of Selargius. Francesco Agus, leader of the Progressives in the Regional Council, said he was glad he wasn't there. Because that day, with the blessing of Mayor Gigi Concu, General Roberto Vannacci was present for a meeting with his supporters and those of the League. When the event was announced, Agus criticized the advisability of granting a council hall for a politically motivated meeting. And the deputy secretary of the Northern League, in front of his audience, attacked him, wondering if he was in the audience. He then turned his attention to animal rights activists, who had blamed him for a photo with a grouper taken at Costa Rei.
Agus just returned from vacation: "In the last few weeks, I've tried to stay away from social media and often turned off my phone: a detox period," he explains. "Until one day, I started receiving messages of solidarity: 'We're with you,' 'Strength and courage,' 'Don't give up.'" They wrote to him after Vannacci's attack.
"A 'national politician,' opening a rally in Selargius in the middle of August, thought it essential to ironically ask whether I was present in the room," he explains, without naming his opponent.
The reason for such interest, the regional councilor continues, "is easily explained: a few days earlier, in response to a journalist's question, I had called it inappropriate for a party initiative to be held in the city council chamber. And I added that I had no intention of explaining the meaning of institutions to someone like Vannacci: it would have been as pointless as discussing a vegetarian diet with Hannibal Lecter."
And "I wasn't wrong: in Selargius, Lecter confirmed that he prefers liver with Chianti to salad. And that he considers the impartiality of institutions little more than a joke, even trying to expose whoever had pointed this out to a summer pillory in front of his fan club. And what else could we expect?" asks Agus.
The real concern, he emphasizes, "is that the political debate has descended to a vulgar, unintelligent, and unfounded level . All that remains is to do everything possible to avoid being confused with those who mistake the microphone for a stadium megaphone."
(Unioneonline/E.Fr.)