Rome, 20 July (LaPresse) – Mario Roggero “was in the wrong, in our view. He committed a crime; he is guilty. He went beyond self-defence, and we have no objections to the judiciary’s ruling. We are not challenging the verdict.” And “we are not saying it should not be enforced, but we would be in favour of an act of clemency. Because there was a disproportionate reaction – certainly not a rational one – from a person who is, however, not a habitual criminal, who acted after having suffered other violent acts like that one, who saw his wife and daughter at risk of being killed, and who acted out of anger, fear and desperation.” So said the Deputy Prime Minister and leader of Forza Italia, Antonio Tajani, in an interview with *Corriere della Sera*. “We consider murder to be an extremely serious offence; we are not in favour of the Wild West or vigilante justice. It is the state that must guarantee security, and we are working as hard as we can to achieve this,” he added. As for the differing stance of the centre-right allies, in particular the Lega and Fratelli d’Italia, Tajani replied: “We are not calling for the law on self-defence to be amended; it seems adequate to me as it stands. We never considered putting him forward as a candidate. We are not advocates of harsh punishment; we have always fought for the dignity of prisoners’ lives and to improve the working conditions of prison officers. At the same time, we are in favour of forgiveness for those who have erred, for reasons that are obvious and well understood by the public.”
Roggero case: Tajani says, “He was in the wrong, but we are in favour of an act of clemency”
Rome, 20 July (LaPresse) – Mario Roggero “was in the wrong, in our view. He committed a crime; he is guilty. He went beyond self-defence, and we have no objections to the judiciary’s ruling. We are not challenging the verdict.” And “we are not saying it should not be enforced, but we would be in favour of an act of clemency. Because there was a disproportionate reaction – certainly not a rational one – from a person who is, however, not a habitual criminal, who acted after having suffered other violent acts like that one, who saw his wife and daughter at risk of being killed, and who acted out of anger, fear and desperation.” So said the Deputy Prime Minister and leader of Forza Italia, Antonio Tajani, in an interview with *Corriere della Sera*. “We consider murder to be an extremely serious offence; we are not in favour of the Wild West or vigilante justice. It is the state that must guarantee security, and we are working as hard as we can to achieve this,” he added. As for the differing stance of the centre-right allies, in particular the Lega and Fratelli d’Italia, Tajani replied: “We are not calling for the law on self-defence to be amended; it seems adequate to me as it stands. We never considered putting him forward as a candidate. We are not advocates of harsh punishment; we have always fought for the dignity of prisoners’ lives and to improve the working conditions of prison officers. At the same time, we are in favour of forgiveness for those who have erred, for reasons that are obvious and well understood by the public.”
