Student made it very clear during his visit to the Senate on Tuesday that he is extremely critical of Italy’s right-wing government. He made a ‘gun gesture’ towards Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, causing a stir.
The incident occurred as Meloni was briefing senators on this week’s EU Council meeting. A teacher immediately intervened and reprimanded the student. School director Cinzia Giacomobono explained a little later that the underage student would have to deal with the consequences. “We will take disciplinary action. “You don’t do something like that,” said the director.
Giacomobono added that she knows there are “far-left students in our school who are critical of the government,” but the gesture must be punished. “At our school we learn respect for democracy,” the director emphasized.
Party friend Melonis calls for the student to be punished
Meloni said she was “surprised” that “such a gesture” was made on the anniversary of the murder of labor law reform expert Marco Biagi by the New Red Brigades in Bologna on March 19, 2002. According to the leader of Meloni’s right-wing populist ruling party Fratelli d’Italia in the Senate, Lucio Malan, this is an unacceptable gesture. “I hope the school authorities will take appropriate action,” Malan said.
Teenager apologizes in newspaper interview
The teenager has since apologized for the incident in an interview with the daily ‘La Repubblica’. He promised to write Meloni a letter. At the same time, he reiterated his critical view of his country’s government.
Source: Krone
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