Green light by the Senate amendment to the current law missions that blocks the free supply of spare parts of F-16s to Egypt. The so-called amendment “Regeni” – amending paragraph 6 of Article 4 of the measure – comes with 159 votes in favor, 55 against and 17 abstentions after a long and heated debate. Amendment the government had put to the House. The decision, while not officially a hostile act, turns into a retaliation for non-cooperation of Cairo in the investigation to determine who killed the Italian researcher who died last January 25 and was found dead in a ditch on February 3. The measure, which is part of the decree on international missions, now goes to the House for final approval.
the clash in the classroom
the proposed amendment, which is defined by the same supervisor Gian Carlo Sangalli as a signal on Parliament ‘case Regeni “, the debate classroom was lively, amid protests from much of the center-right, starting with the leader of Forza Italy Paolo Romani: “that we are writing is one of the worst pages of the history of this House. I am ashamed to belong to a Parliament that does these things, you are indecent, it is not understandable, do not do this foreign policy. ” And with some insinuations, such as those of Senator Gal and former Defence Minister Mario Mauro he said in Parliament that the spare parts on which intervenes amendment were actually already delivered to Egypt. Words that harshly replied the president of the Defence Committee, Nicola Latorre: “The supplies were not delivered but spare parts are packed in the port of Taranto,” said the Democratic senator reiterated US support of Dem amendment. “It’s the first time, as a Parliament, we have the opportunity with an initiative to demonstrate the need for stepping up the truth” about the case Regeni. “What we do is an act that wants to stimulate this without compromising any kind of relationship,” said Latorre.
shadow carousel
Giulio Regeni, the Italian student found dead in Cairo
The silence of Egypt
The lack of spare parts make it difficult to use the F-16 in military operations in the northern Sinai, where the government of President-general Abdel Fatah al-Sisi has long waged a relentless struggle against the terrorist groups of Islamic origin. But so far there has been no official reaction from Egypt to the decision of the Italian Senate to suspend the supply of spare parts for F-16 aircraft supplied to the Egyptian Armed Forces. An Egyptian official of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the House of Representatives (parliament Cairo unicameral) told “Nova Agency” that “at the time the members of the institutions avoided to comment on each other ’cause they were not informed of this decision.’
June 29, 2016 (edited June 29, 2016 | 19:57)
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