A brawl broke out in the Lower House before the controversial measure, which will enable regions to request more power over how local tax revenues are spent, won final approval last week.
“We are patriots who know which way to fly the flag,” Meloni said on Facebook in a possible reference to opposition MPs holding up Italian flags during protests against the reforms.
“We are working for all citizens to have the same rights.
“One M5S MP called for Loreto for me,” she said, referring to the Milan square where Benito Mussolini was hung upside down after being killed by Partisans at the end of World War II.
“And the Left makes blacklists.
“I think the violent ways of the Left are a desperate defence of the status quo, a defence of privilege that has protected the few, at the expense of the majority of Italians.”
This last comment is incoherent and confused, as political theory dictates that if something seeks to protect the status quo of a privileged “few”, then it is, by definition, right wing.
“We have promised to change things,” Meloni continued.
“We will go ahead without being intimidated, always in the interest of the nation.”
Italian opposition parties staged a rally in Rome last Tuesday to “defend national unity” in the face of government reforms and to protest “violence and intimidation” by the ruling coalition.
This came after an M5S MP needed medical attention following the above-mentioned brawl.
Eleven MPs were suspended over the ugly scenes, with League MP Igor Iezzi getting the longest ban, 15 days, for allegedly trying to land punches.
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