Rome, 10 November 2021 – It will be i prefects to provide “to identify specifications sensitive urban areas, of particular interest for the orderly development of community life, which may be subject to a temporary ban on public demonstrations for the duration of the state of emergency, due to the current pandemic situation “. ‘Indoor, Luciana Lamorgese, in the directive sent to the prefects and “containing indications on the conduct of demonstrations of protesta against the health measures in place “.
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“The identification of these areas – explains the minister – must take place in compliance with the principle of proportionality, given that the constitutionally guaranteed right to meet and demonstrate freely in a public place is a fundamental expression of democratic life and as such must be preserved and protected “. Based on the decisions adopted by the prefects,” the Quaestors will exercise the powers provided for in Article 18 of the Consolidated Law on Public Security and related regulatory provisions, adopting, where necessary, the prohibitions and prescriptions regarding the conduct of the forewarned events “. Where the Quaestors themselves” do not see any impeding requirements – continues the owner of the Interior Ministry – they will be able to adequately modulate, for the different areas from those identified as sensitive, the exercise of their prescriptive and conforming power due to factual considerations, of time and place, or of other relevant circumstances such as the involvement in the event of a large number of participants “.
The protests against the anti Covid measures, while “representative of the right to express dissent, are causing high critical issues in terms of public order and safety, as well as on the free exercise of other rights, also guaranteed, such as in particular those relating to to the performance of work activities and the mobility of citizens, with particularly negative effects in the current phase of gradual recovery of social and economic activities “, Lamorgese writes in the directive.
“In addition – continues the owner of the Interior Ministry – on the occasion of these events there is frequently a significant level of non-compliance with the provisions for the prevention of contagion, concerning the prohibition of gathering, respect for physical distancing and the use of protective devices for the streets respiratory, with potential danger of increased infections and, therefore, for the health of citizens, it is therefore necessary to dictate specific indications so that the conduct of the events in question takes place in the balanced reconciliation of the various rights and interests at stake “.
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