Law and order is the government's
distinctive mark and people must get used to respecting the
rules, Premier Giorgia Meloni told the caucuses of her Brothers
of Italy (fdI) party Wednesday.
"We deem the issue of legality a distinguishing mark of this
government: we must return to respecting the rules and that goes
for all spheres," said the premier, who has been criticised by
the opposition for a tough stance against NGO migrant ships and
a crackdown on illegal rave parties which roused fears it might
apply to political protests.
"The banana republic is over, a time when citizens were harried
and which the Left likes so much: you can do anything,
respecting laws and respecting Italians who respect the laws".
Meloni has stressed the anti-rave norms which envisage jail
terms of up to six years and police intercepts will not apply to
any form of anti-government protest.
On the ban on NGO migrant rescue ships entering Italian waters,
she has said Italy is only defending its borders.
All of the migrants whose rescuers breached the ban were
eventually allowed ashore after medical tests found they could
no longer remain aboard, although one ship headed towards France
after Paris said it could dock in Marseille after more than
three weeks at sea.
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