Siracusano against Vannacci: "Use of the body for campaigning is unacceptable"

"Using a woman's body to campaign is unacceptable. The political confrontation should be measured by the resources brought to the territory. It seems to me that I have contributed a lot, unlike Vannacci." Undersecretary Matilde Siracusano stated this in an interview with Corriere della Sera.

What would you tell him? "Who has committed a crime - he adds referring to Vannacci - because the original photo was taken from my personal profile on the web and modified. And then, the fact that a former general, who talks so much about honor and values, finds himself forced to modify the photo of a woman with software says a lot about the person he is. I also find this fixation on women a bit excessive, what does Vannacci want to prove? He had already exposed himself with skirts, saying that he preferred women without them, what else does he want to add?".

"A clear sexist and denigrating intent - continues Siracusano -. I have never run for office and will never run for Reggio Calabria so this attack has no reason to exist. It was just an attack targeting a woman, partner of a political opponent, despite my militancy dating back to a long time before. Evidently they tried to use this denigration campaign to act politically, they have no other means. A squalid and perverse mechanism".

"The idea must pass that the victim of this attack is not me - she continues -, but any woman with shoulders less broad than mine, which is why I think I will file a complaint: operations of this kind must not go unnoticed. A politician who presents himself as a national leader and publishes these things, I would say that he qualifies himself".

Will he act legally? "I confirm, even after the latest controversy on skirts, it's enough to play with women's bodies" concludes Undersecretary Siracusano.