ROME. Six months after the rejection of the Senate, Enrico Letta and the Democratic Party return to office with the Zan Bill, the law that punishes homotransphobia crimes: it starts again with the text approved by the Chamber, that is, ten articles, with which new offenses, modeling of the related sanction system, instituting the national day against discrimination and providing for the establishment of centers for the protection of victims of discrimination.
This time the goal is to bring it home, which will require a close negotiation with all the opposing forces, Lega, Fdi and also Iv and Forza Italia. So much so that in July, Mayor Beppe Sala will host all the political forces in a day of “States General” to discuss and find an agreement on the rule of discord, which is a law of civilization present in almost all of Europe.
Also to tackle the theme in the electoral campaign, Letta will organize three Agorà meetings in Milan on May 14, in Palermo on May 21 and in Padua on 28, just to keep it warm up and down the peninsula and to expand participation, which is already a lot , especially among young people.
Le leggi sui diritti, fine life out of law school
What is the flag of the Democratic Party on rights will be raised again tomorrow by Letta, in a meeting with the press together with Alessandro Zan, Monica Cirinnà and the group leader in the Senate Simona Malpezzi. “We want to demonstrate – explain the dem close to Letta – that the commitment on the issue does not deflect, aware that it is necessary to mediate and find agreements”. And to the so-called “benaltrists”, those who object that there is much more now, such as war and high life, the leader dem replies that “the Democratic Party is a modern left party, based on three axes: civil rights, social justice and environmental sustainability, in a pro-European setting ». Translated, according to this physiognomy, even if there is war and if the Democratic Party has put forward proposals on the high cost of living, it wants to continue to fight on civil rights. In fact, in parliament there is also the end of life and the law on the ius scholae, battles that the party has been carrying out for years and does not intend to give up in the last year of the legislature, indeed.
Zan, the essential principles
“Let’s start with the same text approved by the Chamber”, explains Zan, or the one with the heading “Measures to prevent and combat discrimination and violence for reasons related to sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity and to disability “. With the appointments in Milan, Palermo and Padua, the dems intend to promote participation from below that gives an idea of what possible changes to propose to those who voted against in the Senate on 27 October last. To seek convergence, but without compromising fundamental rights. «Removing gender identity as many are asking – warns Zan – means removing the protection of transgender people who are the most discriminated against; and the most killed, given that Italy is the country where the most are killed in Europe ». Another sub judice point is the school, in particular the celebration of the world day against homotransphobia and the autonomy of institutions in deciding whether and what to do. And then the thorny issue of freedom of opinion, linked to discrimination crimes, contained in article 4. All issues that remained unresolved from the debate last autumn, which gave birth to a stalemate, after the Chamber had approved a text resulting from a very long mediation with all the parties, back in the distant 4 November 2020. Now Letta tries again, it is difficult for the right to help him in this enterprise that the left could boast of from here to the policies.