Premier Giorgia Meloni has received
death threats ahead of her visit Thursday to a crime-ridden town
near Naples that has hit the headlines again for an alleged gang
rape, with social media posters unhappy at the government's
phase-out of the citizenship wage (RdC) minimum income benefit
saying she would be well advised not to visit an area that holds
the record for RdC recipients.
Meloni is visiting Caivano to show solidarity and follow up on
government pledges to clean up the drug-filled streets after two
young cousins, variously reported to range in age from 11 to 13,
were allegedly raped by six youths last month.
Among the social media messages for the premier Wednesday was
from a woman in Naples who wrote: "I'd advise you stay at home,
they're raring mad, 160,000 families without the RdC and without
any money to spend. Are you sure you'll return home?".
Another poster said local residents should "greet the fishwife
Meloni with rotten tomatoes for having stripped the RdC from
that bracket of people that lives precariously in those areas".
Another said he hoped "you leave with a few dents so that you
understand the trouble you've caused".
Politicians of all stripes voiced solidarity with the premier
for the threats.
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