Five members of parliament have
presented a formal question to Interior Minister Angelino Alfano
after a Northern League city councillor said at the weekend that
Lower House Speaker Laura Boldrini should be "physically
eliminated".
The MPs said "the phrases used have gone far beyond the
limits of critical freedom of expression".
The city councillor, Monica Bars of the town of Musile di
Piave near Venice, posted the comment on her Facebook page.
The outcry came fresh on the heels of a controversy last
week over comments by Matteo Salvini, leader of the rightwing
anti-immigrant Northern League, who compared Boldrini to a
blow-up doll during a political rally.
The Northern League opposes Boldrini's position on recent
events in Turkey, which she has labeled a "civilian coup" from
which Europe should be prepared to "receive Turkish refugees".
Bars' lawyer said that the councillor's comments "referred
to the removal of Boldrini from her political role and nothing
else".
Deputy governor of the Veneto region Gianluca Forcolin, who
was mayor for nine years in Musile di Piave and is also a member
of the Northern League, while distancing himself from "strong
statements", said "Boldrini should be more balanced in taking up
positions on immigration".
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