Today Italy commemorates the murder of Giovanni Falcone,
a great man that fought for freeing his country from mafia
and got a bomb in exchange.
Instead of a real recognition for the work he did,
instead of an answer for the attack that killed him, his wife and three police officers,
instead of the truth that the memory of such men deserves,
instead of a process for all the open wounds that tainted the newly born Republic of Italy,
instead of the public aknowledgment of state committed or covered murderers,
Italy's history is still fuggy, vague and full of black holes.
It is not possible to build a healthy country on such premises.
It is not possible to build a healthy democracy.
Meanwhile,
Egypt struggles for the same goal :
to build a healthy country of healthy premises
and Morsi is clearly not one.
Lately, Cairo's streets are seeing an amazingly alive initiative
called Rebel ("tamarrud" in Arabic) :
the petition's aim is to gather 15 million signatures by the end of june
and in couple weeks 5 million were already collected
(if we consider that during the elections that were won by the MB party
only 3 million people voted,the result is already huge).
The petition
- a simple white sheet with arabic writings and the "Rebel" slogan in the left part -
is an incredible, massive presence in the city :
every corner of the streets,
every kiosk,
every square, terrace, park
or meeting point
features many of these rebellion "flags" sticked in whatever way.
“Because security hasn’t returned to the streets yet, we don’t want
you.
Because there’s no place for the poor, we don’t want you.
Because
retribution for the revolution’s martyrs hasn’t been achieved yet, we
don’t want you. Because the economy has collapsed and is dependent on
begging, we don’t want you.”
Enthousiasm and hope are well visible in the streets
and the greatest achievement is that this petition is following a democratic
process of opposition.
For me this cannot be but a signal that
change is possible.
For Egypt as well as for Italy,
because we deserve it
because those who gave their lives for this cause deserve it.
