Italian MP Riccardo Magi, dressed as a ghost, is thrown out of the chamber.14 May 2025, Rome.© Global Look Press/IMAGO/Andrea Calandra
The Italian opposition MP was dragged from the parliamentary session on Wednesday for disguised as a spirit and condemning what he thinks is an effort to suppress participation in democracy.
On an online video of Riccardo Magi, a organization associate +Europe, he was spotted in a white sheet with holes cut out to the eyes and inscription ‘Reference’ on the material.During the session, he shouted from his seat to protest what his organization claims to be an effort by the government to discourage voting in respective national referendums scheduled for next month.
Voting is to address issues specified as Italian citizenship requirements for foreigners and repeal any provisions of labour reform.The Magi demonstration was interrupted erstwhile Lorenzo Fontana, president of the Chamber of Deputies, ordered the MP to be removed from the session.
Then you could see parliamentary janitors along with 5 safety workers who dragged Magi out of the hall.
After the Magi incident, he posted a video on X of his demonstration, writing that "They can draw the spirit of the referendum distant from the House, but they will not halt us from trying to inform the Italians.""We only ask the Prime Minister to inform citizens of the referendum vote.
We are not asking you for a favour, it is your exact duty” He said, calling on citizens to vote on June 8 and 9 "without fear."
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source:https://www.rt.com/news/617596-italian-parliament-ghost-mp/
