Today the CDM on violence, Sala: 'It cannot just be a problem of repression'

Tomorrow there will be the provincial committee on public order and safety in Milan, "the prefect told me that Minister Piantenosi should also come". The mayor of Milan, Giuseppe Sala, said this on the sidelines of the commemoration of the massacre of the little martyrs of Gorla, commenting on the fact that more law enforcement officers will arrive in the city. "Let's discuss it because the topic is certainly delicate - he added - I believe, as many are saying, that it cannot just be a problem of repression. Absolutely not".

"I am worried about the fact that this situation, which also arises from a malaise that all of us cannot fail to see, only focuses on violence, on the repression of violence" added Sala, still speaking of last weekend's riots in which the protagonists were, for the most part, minors.

According to Sala, "politics must also wisely address the causes and origins" of the malaise, "without do-goodism, without indulgences but with a critical spirit". “First of all with respect to our work, we must do more,” he concluded.

At 5.30 pm the Council of Ministers is scheduled to launch a decree which should include some measures already contained in the security bill approved by the Council of Ministers in July and now being examined by the Senate.

Among these, the extension of preventive detention to minors and with a duration beyond 12 hours, the deferred arrest for those responsible for causing damage to groups and the ban on aggregation for people deemed dangerous for public order. Alongside this, the aim would be to strengthen the Safe Roads operation.