Envelope with bullet and threats to Minister Valditara. Melons: "Cowardly act, making full light"

A bust with a bullet addressed to the minister Giuseppe Valditara, it was delivered in recent weeks to the Ministry of Education and Merit. The envelope also contained a letter with threatening sentences. A complaint has been filed with the Carabinieri in this case.

“A cowardly act” that cannot find space in a democracy, he underlines Giorgia Meloni that urges “a clear and unanimous condemnation” by all the political forces. “No intimidation will stop Valditara’s work”, the words of the Northern League leader Matteo Salvini who expresses “full solidarity” with the minister and party colleague.

Meloni: “Shedding full light”

“I express my full solidarity and that of the Government with the Minister Giuseppe Valditara for the serious threats received. A bullet and a threatening letter are vile acts of intimidation that cannot find space in a democracy”. Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni wrote this in a post on X.

“We trust in the work of the police to make full light on what happened and in a clear and unanimous condemnation by all political forces”, adds the prime minister.

Fontana: “No space for those who sow hatred”

“I extend my full solidarity to Minister Giuseppe Valditara and his family for the serious threats received. Intimidation and violence, in whatever form they manifest themselves, must be firmly condemned. There can be no space for those who sow hatred“. Thus the President of the Chamber of Deputies, Lorenzo Fontana

La Russa: “Identify those responsible”

“To the Minister of Education and Merit, Giuseppe Valditara, recipient of an envelope containing a bullet and a letter with threatening phrases, I wish to address my full and convinced solidarity, with the hope that the authors of this gesture can be quickly identified by the competent bodies”. This was declared by Ignazio La Russa, president of the Senate of the Republic.

Salvini: “No intimidation will stop Valditara’s work”

“Full solidarity and closeness to Giuseppe Valditara for the very serious threats received. A Minister of the League who in recent years has put schools, students and those who work there every day at the center, going so far as to renew three contracts in the school sector in a single legislature. No threats and no intimidation they will stop il his work. Forward, Giuseppe!”, the words of the vice prime minister and leader of the League, Matteo Salvini.

Tajani: “Our government action does not stop with violence”

“I express my solidarity with Minister Valditara. If anyone thinks of stopping our government action with threats and the violence he is very wrong. I send a hug to Giuseppe, I am sure he will not be intimidated”. Thus, in a post on X, the deputy prime minister and national secretary of Forza Italia, Antonio Tajani.