Melons: "US intervention in Venezuela legitimate". Schlein: "Trump violates international law"

Eexternal military action is not the way to go, however “the Italian government consider legitimate adefensive intervention contro hybrid attacksto your own safety, as in the case ofstate entitieswhich nourish and favor thedrug trafficking”.

After immediately getting in touch with the Foreign MinisterAntonio Tajanito constantly monitor the evolution of the situation, the prime ministerGiorgia Melonientrust to a note ofPalazzo Chigithe executive line on the operation decided by Trump inVenezuelawhich led to thedismissal of Madurothen taken together with his wife on board a plane to the USA.

Italy’s historical position on Venezuela

Italy, the note recalls, “has always supported the aspiration ofVenezuelan people a una democratic transitionin Venezuela, condemning the acts of repression ofMaduro regimewhose self-proclaimed electoral victory Italy, together with the main onesinternational partnershe never recognized.”

The government’s line on military intervention

Therefore, it is underlined and claimed, “consistently with thehistorical position of Italythe government believes that theexternal military actionis not the way to go to put an end tototalitarian regimes“. It is considered “at the same time legitimate adefensive intervention“. Finally, Palazzo Chigi assures that President Meloni continues to follow “the situation with particular attentionItalian community in Venezuelala cui safetyconstitutes thetop priority of the government“.

Elly Schlein: Trump violates international law

“The military action ofTrump in Venezuelaconstitutes an assault on oneSovereign statewhich clearly violates theinternational law. Our Constitution is clear: it repudiates war as a tool for settling disputes”. This is the official position of the Democratic Party expressed in a note by the Democratic Party secretaryElly Schleinafter the two-hour meeting of the party secretariat.

“Trump’s military attack has nolegal basisand risks legitimizing othersunilateral actionswhich can generate furtherconflict and chaosregionally and globally – Elly Schlein’s warning. Theinternational lawit is not an à la carte menu: the principles ofCarta HIMmust be enforced always and towards everyone, to guarantee theregional and global security. Today’s risks being adangerous precedentfor everyone.”

The law of the strongest and international legality

“We do not resign ourselves to a world order that replaces theinternational legalitywith the law of the strongest and the richest – adds the secretary of the Democratic Party – for this reason we consider the position of theItalian governmentin the part in which he defines Trump’s military action in Venezuela as legitimate. Instead, we expect that theEuropean Unionand the Italian government speak out harshly against these violations and defend theinternational law e le multilateral forums– offices that Italy contributed to founding to make the reasons of law and order prevaildiplomacyon the military use of force – including by calling for an urgent convening of the relevant bodies within theUnited Nations”.