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U.S. editionThe Council of Ministers on Tuesday, October 20 approved a decree-law on security and juvenile crime, report LaPresse, ANSA and DIRE. Meloni said that the offence of violent participation in a demonstration is created and that preventive detention applies to minors as well (LaPresse, DIRE). ANSA writes that the sentences range from two to five years in prison with a fine of up to 20,000 euros and that the decree has eight articles. According to Stampa Parlamento, if the offender is a minor, the parents answer for it. LaPresse indicates detention of up to 24 hours and 500 more soldiers in Milan until the end of the year. The rule on judicial police powers for soldiers was dropped after objections from the Colle (LaPresse, Il Fatto Quotidiano, Quotidiano.net). Il Messaggero quotes the line “You break it, you pay”.
A decree-law takes effect immediately but must be converted by Parliament within 60 days, so the published text counts more than press releases. Preventive detention affects personal liberties protected by the Constitution, and for this reason the government engages with the Quirinale before it signs.
If you live or work near the places where demonstrations are held, check the text in the Gazzetta Ufficiale to understand which conduct is an offence and which bans take effect. For minors, the parents’ responsibility can have financial effects.
For the government the response must be firm: an offence of violent participation, detention for minors too and a presence of soldiers, as Meloni puts it with “you break it, you pay” (LaPresse, Il Messaggero).
For the Colle and for the Siap union, police powers for soldiers are a step to avoid, which the Siap calls an “authoritarian twist” (Il Fatto Quotidiano), and the rule was dropped (Quotidiano.net).
Confirmed: the approval of the decree on Tuesday, the new offence with sentences of two to five years and preventive detention for minors, according to several outlets. Not confirmed: the final text and its publication in the Gazzetta Ufficiale. To follow: the publication, any appeals and the conversion in Parliament.
LaPresse (decree approved, Meloni, Oct. 20) · ANSA (new offence and sentences, Oct. 20) · DIRE (violent participation, Oct. 20) · Il Fatto Quotidiano (soldiers and Siap, Oct. 20) · TGCom24 (measures of the decree, Oct. 20) · Stampa Parlamento (parents and minors, Oct. 20) · Il Messaggero (you break it, you pay, Oct. 20) · Quotidiano.net (Colle and soldiers, Oct. 20)
Council of Ministers approves the demonstrations decree: a new offence of violent participation with sentences of two to five years, and preventive detention applies to minors too
Meloni claims the principle “you break it, you pay”; the rule giving judicial police powers to soldiers is dropped after objections from the Quirinale.
The Council of Ministers on Tuesday, October 20 approved a decree-law on security and juvenile crime after the street disorder in Milan and other cities, report LaPresse, ANSA and DIRE. Giorgia Meloni, in the video released at the end of the meeting, said: “The offence of violent participation in a demonstration is created” and confirmed preventive detention for minors as well, according to LaPresse and DIRE. ANSA writes that the new offence carries sentences of two to five years in prison and a fine of up to 20,000 euros and that the decree consists of eight articles. Il Messaggero quotes the premier’s line: “Unacceptable violence, let no one downplay it. You break it, you pay”; according to Stampa Parlamento, if the offender is a minor, the parents answer for it. Also according to Stampa Parlamento and Italpress, the detention of minors makes immediately operational a rule already approved by Parliament that presumes the capacity to understand and to will of young people aged 14 to 18, unless proven otherwise, and LaPresse indicates a duration of up to 24 hours.
The rule giving judicial police functions to soldiers, backed by Defense Minister Guido Crosetto, was dropped after objections from the Quirinale, write LaPresse, Il Fatto Quotidiano and Quotidiano.net, which headlines that the Colle “rejects” those powers. LaPresse adds that 500 more soldiers remain in Milan until the end of the year. In the afternoon Il Fatto Quotidiano had written that the detention of minors was about to drop out of the text after discussions with the Colle; in the evening video Meloni instead confirmed it. Giuseppe Tiani, of the police union Siap, had rejected during the day “this authoritarian twist” concerning soldiers with police powers, reports Il Fatto Quotidiano. TGCom24 publishes a summary of the measures with preventive detention, minors held criminally liable and the new offence. The decree-law enters into force on publication in the Gazzetta Ufficiale and must be converted by Parliament within 60 days.