Security, Molteni: “No step back on ‘Strade sicure’, the League will not allow it”

Milan, Jan. 13 (LaPresse) – “I am reiterating the words of the President of the Council that I greatly appreciated during the beginning-of-the-year press conference,” in which “she said that a lot has been done but that even more needs to be done” on security. “And therefore, in order to raise the level of security in our cities and our stations, the ‘Strade sicure’ operation represents a fundamental building block. An integrated security system and the security decrees: this is the program put in place by the center-right government and within a year this plan must be implemented. Thinking of taking steps backward, I believe, is a profoundly wrong choice. The League will not allow it.” This was stated to LaPresse by the Undersecretary of the Interior, Nicola Molteni, of the League. “For me the security system,” he added, “is guaranteed through a logic of integrated, collaborative and shared security, where the police forces, the military, local police forces and video surveillance play a fundamental role. Therefore, at this moment, taking a step backward with the military of the ‘Strade sicure’ operation, in my opinion, is a wrong choice. The League goes further: not only must we keep them, preserve them and, if I may say so, also thank them for what they are doing, because they are a presence that is very much appreciated by citizens. But the League says: ‘We must deploy more of them.’ Whether they can be 3,000 more, and therefore reach 10,000, in my opinion, represents a fundamental tool to raise the quality of citizens’ security in cities and stations. For this reason I defend, thank and appreciate the ‘Strade sicure’ operation and for us this is a deployment that must not be reduced, neither gradually nor otherwise, but must be increased and strengthened to safeguard the security of Italian citizens. More uniforms and more personnel are needed on the ground, not fewer.”