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Francesco Selvi, a journalist who collaborates with the Rete 4 program “Derecha y march back”, hosted by Paolo Del Debbio, claims to have suffered an attack by Beppe Grillo. The episode allegedly took place in a bathhouse in Marina di Bibbona (Livorno), where the comedian has been on vacation for years, while the journalist tried to ask him some questions with his cell phone on. The episode was announced by Sandro Bennucci, president of the Tuscan Press Association (Ast), according to the National Federation of Italian Press (Fnsi). “The governing bodies of Ast are united in solidarity and indignation with their colleague,” read a note.
According to Selvi’s story, the founder of the 5-Star Movement first tried to steal his cell phone, then he pushed it hard, causing it to fall off a ladder that connects the bathhouse to the beach. Bennucci adds that “the colleague, who exclusively carried out his work,” went to be medicated at the Cecina hospital (Livorno), where a sprain was detected in his knee, which was able to heal in five days.
“The Tuscan Press Association – reads the note – joins the indignation with a firm protest: it is not tolerable for a person directly or indirectly involved in politics, therefore a public man in all respects, to react violently to a a journalist who barely practices his profession. Ast also makes a heartfelt appeal to the institutions to protect those who work in the information sector, since it is forced to record, for the umpteenth time in a few months, the attack on a journalist in Tuscany ”.
“Freedom of the press is the foundation of all democracy,” he wrote in a statement. Susanna ceccardi, candidate of the center-right to the Tuscany Region. “It is a shame that those who praise direct democracy then allow themselves to attack a journalist in the exercise of his profession. Full solidarity with Francesco Selvi after the attack in Bibbona during an interview with Beppe Cricket“.
“I am no longer surprised by the aggressive and inappropriate reactions of the founder of the 5 Star Movement,” declares the senator of the Brothers of Italy. Daniela Santanchè. “On the other hand, when a journalist does his job and does it well, he also asks uncomfortable questions, which are not always wanted to be answered, but a public figure cannot avoid doing so. Poor Francesco Selvi was kicked off the ladder and now has a 5 day forecast. I hope that when before the Chief Comedian of Pentastellati he at least apologizes for what happened. All my solidarity goes to the journalist, we hope to see him soon back at work ”.
Photo: Beppe Grillo (Facebook)
