Fri, 16 Jan 1998 11:32:11 -0800
- Message No. 1956
From: Phoebus Katsanos
Subject: [Fwd: PR0198:Rome-Demo stopped by Police]
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Simon Milward wrote:
>
> Date: Wed, Jan 14, 1998, 20:00
> From: Riccardo Forte, Coordinamento_Motociclisti@compuserve.com
>
> RE: PR0198-Demo stopped by Police in Rome
>
> PRESS RELEASE
>
> Rome, 6 January,1998.
>
> As for 5 years, a Demo-Run was held in Rome the 6th of
> January, organised by RRO Coordinamento Motociclisti, to
> protest against the bad condition of the roads in the world's
> most famous and beloved town.
>
> A warm, sunny morning welcomed some 600 riders who came to
> the meeting place - a huge parking in front of the Sports
> Hall, in the SW of Rome - to join the CM's Committee and move
> together to the ancient Velabro Temple, just below the Capitol
> Hill. In this place, according to the tradition, the Mayor
> of Rome (or a delegate on his behalf) is expected to welcome
> the riders and a traditional sock containing their "gifts":
> pictures of potholes, bottles of diesel fuel lost by the public
> buses, samples of lane separators (extremely dangerous),
> samples of slippery paint, plus various letters with complaints
> and suggestions.
>
> At 12.00 all the riders were ready to start, only waiting for
> the police to stop the traffic to let them go to the Velabro
> Temple, but unexpectedly the Central Police Office ordered to
> stop the demo and kick the riders away,
> under threat of being prosecuted for unauthorised meeting.
>
> Most of the riders obeyed, proving a polite and civil attitude
> Police did not expect, and a group of 200 tried to reach the
> meeting place anyway, but were prohibited to stop and park
> (in a public parking!), then moved to the most important
> places in the centre of the town, including the President's
> Headquarter, Quirinale Palace. Wherever they went, the riders
> found the Policemen with cameras attempting to take shots of
> their number plates.
>
> CM's President Riccardo Forte said:"The Police's decision
> to stop this Demo has no justification. We've been
> doing this demo run for five years in a perfect order and
> in a friendly atmosphere. This is for us not only a way to
> tell the Mayor our complaints, but also an occasion to stay
> together and spend few hours of pleasure. We've been
> prevented of using the constitutional right of speech and
> expression. Maybe I'm wrong, but several among us had the
> impression the Police was trying to cause some disorders.
> I'm sure it will be ever more difficult to organise and hold
> a demo with the bikes in Rome. Italy will probably get to be
> a founder member of the EURO group, but citizens' rights are
> still underestimated. This is a fact which is worth
> investigating."
>
> An inquiry to the Internal Affairs will be tabled by both
> Majority and Opposition MPs, and hundreds of copy of the
> same inquiry and a letter of complaint have been distributed
> at the last Chopper & Custom Show, held in Padua on 9,10,11
> January.
>
> CM is now studying new strategies (Police-proof) for the
> next demos.
>
> ENDS
>
>
I beleive we should all get such information.It concairns us.
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