Letters
Letters to the editor •
Sala and the public shaming fuelled by reports released by the public prosecutors’ offices
Who wrote to the editor-in-chief, Claudio Cerasa
13 NOV 26
Translated by AI
Photo: ANSA
To the Editor – Minister Valditara will soon realise that he has contributed to the commercial success of the book “Trame del tempo”, for both the author and the publisher. There will be a rush to adopt it in schools, as it will be seen as an act of civil resistance. Teachers who do so will be awarded honorary ANPI membership.
Giuliano Cazzola
To the Editor – There is a question that deserves an answer, all the more so following the Milan Public Prosecutor’s Office’s request to dismiss the case as part of the urban planning investigation. One of the professionals involved, the architect Alessandro Scandurra, recalled in an interview with La Repubblica that, as far as he was concerned, the prosecutors “had even sought a prison sentence”. The question arises: why request his imprisonment rather than placing him under house arrest, where he ultimately spent twelve days? What could detention in prison possibly offer in an investigation of this kind that house arrest was not already able to guarantee? Again: why insist on putting him behind bars? Perhaps the prosecutors were convinced they had uncovered a hotbed of corruption and assumed that the pressure of prison might induce those arrested to ‘sing’? This hypothesis must be ruled out; it is not credible, not least because it would be chilling. But if this is not the reason – and it certainly isn’t – for what inexplicable reason would they request imprisonment? The answer, probably, is the most banal one: because they had the power to do so.
Luca Rocca
There is another issue that needs to be addressed. An issue concerning the Mayor of Milan. Is it possible that a citizen under investigation might only be formally notified of the investigation against them once it has concluded – as happened in Sala’s case – whilst having to learn of the launch of the investigation against them by reading the newspapers? Is it possible that no one realises that, as long as news illegally leaked from the public prosecutor’s offices is treated with indifference, it will be possible to fuel the public shaming without facing the consequences?
To the Editor – The effort to educate Italian students about the fascist regime currently in power in Italy appears largely redundant. The Italian school system is already quite advanced in this regard. As long as four years ago, a number of schools were occupied in protest against the newly installed government. As is well known, it came to power through a coup d’état, unlike the free elections held in Cuba and other pluralist and progressive countries (China, Iran, Nicaragua, etc.). Unfortunately, much to Professor Canfora’s dismay, our students have not yet occupied their schools to protest against the Nazi Zelensky.
Andrea Cerini
To the Editor – Dear Cerasa, the Milan Public Prosecutor’s Office, having deprived numerous people of their liberty and seized numerous properties and building sites – thereby driving thousands of families to despair as they were forced to pay mortgages and legal fees without any certainty of becoming the owners of the homes they had purchased – has decided to throw all the investigations it had carried out out of the window, having acknowledged that it is unable to provide evidence of the offences it itself identified last year at the time of the arrests of certain contractors and local council staff. I heard a news programme claim that the damage caused by the actions taken by the Public Prosecutor’s Office (arrests, construction site closures and seizures) is estimated at 40 billion euros. These losses will essentially be borne by the thousands of families and construction firms caught up in the affair. Certainly, the magistrates – who are effectively being accused by their own public prosecutor’s office of having made mistakes – will not reimburse a single euro of the damages they have caused. Do you think it is right that those with the power to cause damage on such a scale should enjoy total impunity for their actions?
Pietro Volpi
Common sense says no, but in the referendum a few months ago, the majority of Italians who voted effectively said yes. This includes those who today, half-heartedly, complain about the troubles suffered by the city run by their own party.