You cannot give reasons for moving out of your home.

His name is Pasquale, he is 63 years old and a clochard. In fact, he has been living on the street for ten years in How, where everyone knows him. A constant presence on the porch from the Volta institute, in via Cesare Cantù. His situation prevents him from having a fixed address, but despite this yesterday, Thursday, November 19 at 9:05 p.m., Pasquale was fined by the police. The reason: having violated the provisions of the last Dpcm that force citizens to stay in their homes except for proven work reasons, health or extreme needs.

Pasquale must pay a fine of 280 euros

Despite his condition, Pasquale will still have to pay a fine of 280 euros that, if it is not paid within five days, will go up to 400 euros. The Police Headquarters, contacted by Fanpage.it, confirmed the news and stated that all the necessary evaluations were made before fining him. As reported in the report, the fine was imposed because: “The man could not motivate the transfer of his place of domicile, domicile and residence.” And precisely for this reason, the news has aroused controversy and criticism: “First of all, I ask the Como commissioner to withdraw the fine. the impression that Como and its institutions have no mercy on the poor at such a difficult time ”writes the regional councilor of the Democratic Party on his Facebook profile. Angelo Orsenigo.

In Milan, a 25-year-old homeless man fined for violating the Dpcm

Pasquale is not the only homeless man to have been fined in times of the coronavirus pandemic. In Milan, a 25-year-old Ukrainian boy was sanctioned on March 12 at 10 in the morning by the Lambrate police officers for not respecting the Dpcm then in force. The 25-year-old slept at night in a bedroom in Vigentina that was closed during the day. The police officers had detained him on Via Crescenzago: the boy had tried to explain his situation, but when the agents had asked him for his identity card, in which he had written a fictitious residential address, they had fined him, thinking that he was lying. Then the police denounced him and fined him 206 euros.