Rome, July 17 (LaPresse) – “I will never forget the image of Giuliani’s death. During the failed management of public order in Genoa, a young and inexperienced Carabinieri officer, who also ruined his own life, shot and killed another young man.” Claudio Scajola, now mayor of Imperia and Italy’s Interior Minister at the time of the Genoa G8 summit in July 2001, made the remarks in an interview with LaPresse. The death of 23-year-old Carlo Giuliani in Piazza Alimonda remains “a tragic memory,” Scajola said in an exclusive video interview that will be released soon by LaPresse. “The lesson from that demonstration should not be that demonstrations should not take place. No, it is right to demonstrate. Young people must always have the courage to express their ideas,” he said. “Genoa was full of young people, and the overwhelming majority simply wanted to demonstrate and express their vision of a new world that needed to change,” Scajola added. “Among them, however, hundreds and hundreds of people infiltrated the protests with the intention of setting the city on fire and causing devastation. Their objectives were completely different from those of people who, within the framework of democracy, wanted to bring about change.” “Youth must be free to demonstrate, but they should not allow themselves to be influenced. They should think with their own minds, continue to protest, but always with respect for others,” he concluded.
G8 Genoa, Scajola: “I will never forget the images of Giuliani’s death, a tragic memory”
Rome, July 17 (LaPresse) – “I will never forget the image of Giuliani’s death. During the failed management of public order in Genoa, a young and inexperienced Carabinieri officer, who also ruined his own life, shot and killed another young man.” Claudio Scajola, now mayor of Imperia and Italy’s Interior Minister at the time of the Genoa G8 summit in July 2001, made the remarks in an interview with LaPresse. The death of 23-year-old Carlo Giuliani in Piazza Alimonda remains “a tragic memory,” Scajola said in an exclusive video interview that will be released soon by LaPresse. “The lesson from that demonstration should not be that demonstrations should not take place. No, it is right to demonstrate. Young people must always have the courage to express their ideas,” he said. “Genoa was full of young people, and the overwhelming majority simply wanted to demonstrate and express their vision of a new world that needed to change,” Scajola added. “Among them, however, hundreds and hundreds of people infiltrated the protests with the intention of setting the city on fire and causing devastation. Their objectives were completely different from those of people who, within the framework of democracy, wanted to bring about change.” “Youth must be free to demonstrate, but they should not allow themselves to be influenced. They should think with their own minds, continue to protest, but always with respect for others,” he concluded.
