Brief For Vote Of Thanks

Ddl interceptions - is why we must stop it (Roberto Saviano)

Gag Law is a law that protects the privacy of the citizen, by contrast, is a law that protects the privacy of power. Not intended as privacy of the men of power, but in their business, rather malaffari. When discussing wiretaps must always rely on a premise as natural as necessary. Privacy is sacred, is one of the pillars of law and of civil society.

But here we are faced with a law that protects the privacy of individuals, their dialogues, their intimate talk. This law is consistent with the mechanism that the media knows how the above information and information in Italy. Publish interception only when there is a trial creates a huge void that concerns precisely that segment of information that can not be made public domain. This seems to be the real goal: to prevent the press the immediate use of data which then, after some time, it would make more sense to publish. In this way, the information conveyed will remain forever maimed, mutilated, unintelligible. The aim is to prevent the story of what happens, this masking with the interests of protecting the privacy of citizens.

anyone have even minimal experience in the mechanisms of interception in the world of organized crime are known to be registered hundreds of details, stories of betrayal, unnecessary to the investigation, and no effect publication. The terror that has political power and business is to see which items published instead in a few words can be shown how to build the mechanism of power. Not only how to configure a crime. For example, the investigation in December 2007 that led to the interception of famous Berlusconi Saccà has seen an infinite amount of interception of private details, of which many were aware but none has been more than that necessary to define the context of a trade-off between politics and Rai.

The same majority that approved a decree that truncates the name of freedom of information in defense of privacy through the Supervision Rai decides to publish in the end credits of the guests and the remuneration of the conductors. The gesture seems crystal clear. It 's the opposite. And not only because in a market economy, the fee is determined by the market and not by an ethical calculus. In this way, the competitors will know what the Rai Rai is charged, then the mechanism will benefit the non-state TV. Mediaset will be aware of the fees and take steps accordingly. But the great news is that much to offset the tragic passing of the law on wiretapping is that the reader, the viewer understands what is happening when you become a citizen, which claims to be informed. Thousands of people are angry and determined to show their dissent, the desire and hope to be able to prevent this law mutilated forever the relationship that exists between newspapers and their readers: the desire to understand, know, get a feel. We do not want to be deprived of it. Send messages to newspapers, to show gagged, gestures are not easy, granted. Gestures which are not allow to be committed. Are the premise of the commitment. The intent of action is often the action. The state not only in the name against the possibility of criticism, but worried that what is happening destroy an essential tool for knowing the facts. The law gags, is opposed by thousands of voices. Items that show that not everything is finished, all is not determinable from the schedule that is given Italians every day. Every person who now takes part in this civil battle, is allowing the story to save the country, to give opportunity to journalism - and not to the jackals of blackmail - to resist. In a word, is defending democracy. (The Republic - Roberto Saviano / Agency Santachiara -12 June 2010)