Calderoli’s outburst: “I have a cancer patient in my tail, De Luca does not”

“I believe in the Covid vaccine and I believe that it is the solution to the tragedy that we have lived through for a year. I am a cancer patient, I am immunosuppressed, I am a hospital physician even though I am on sick leave, I am an assistant vice president of the Senate, and I diligently await my turn to get vaccinated, without skipping any lines. Then I see De Luca, who according to I do not know what rule, was able to get vaccinated immediately, in the first hours, without queuing, preceding the health workers, the elderly and the sick. What to say? I think it takes a lot of courage after this gesture, especially when you look in the mirror in the morning … ”. This was stated by Roberto Calderoli (Lega), Vice President of the Senate, commenting on the vaccination of the Governor of Campania, Vincenzo De Luca, judged by many as a lack of respect.

The Mayor of Naples, Luigi De Magistris, commented the story as follows: “I find it truly unconditional and the abuse of power by President De Luca who takes advantage of his institutional role to get vaccinated when the vaccine, in the first weeks, should be exclusively intended for doctors, nurses, health workers and the elderly. The health of President De Luca ”, continues the mayor,“ unfortunately comes before the people of Campania. You should to be embarrassed and apologize. ”

Even the Undersecretary of Health, Sandra Zampa, during the broadcast of Agorà on Rai 3, warned the governor, reiterating that the Ministry’s indications “were absolutely far from this. In the sense that we have given indications about the priorities of the targets to be vaccinated and in these priorities were the doctors, the social and health workers and the elderly of the RSA. I will limit myself to point out, to observe that de luca certainly did not respect these criteria that we indicated to ourselves. I must say, however, that it is not the first time that the president of luca has not respected the indications or believes that the indications given by the ministry and the government are not to his liking ”.