It is forbidden to play football in the covered piazza Padre Marco Morasca, in Bellagra (Rome). The reason? Children and young people who play soccer disturb the public peace.

Mayor Flavio Cera signed an ordinance after several reports of groups playing football or cycling "disturbing other people and public decorum even with damage to the walls".

"We have made available to everyone - underlined the mayor of Fratelli d'Italia - a space that can be used both in summer and in winter. Unfortunately, there are frequent reports that in the square groups play football or with bicycles carrying disturbance to people and damage that we have to repair every time. To safeguard this space we have therefore issued an ordinance that prohibits the use of balls and bicycles inside the covered square ".

Penalties ranging from 25 to 500 euros for offenders. The measure appeals to some, especially those who reside near the square, but it divides citizenship.

"Let's go from the absurd to the ridiculous in a few lines - writes Alessandro Pascucci on social media -, but do we really want to take away from our children the desire to play together in a public place from our future? I generally find a certain type of absurd prohibitions, but when I see that it is forbidden to play football or ride a bike, then I inc ***. For a child, play is his life, it is like work or family for an adult, taking away urban spaces from children is like firing your dad from a job. Squares are places to live because there is someone who fills them, otherwise they are empty spaces without a soul ".

Another comment: “In the midst of the pandemic, we missed children's noises, are they annoying now? I had found it a good idea to close the square with the windows to live it 12 months a year, but with all these restrictions it seems to have become a museum ”.

(Unioneonline / L)

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