Scurati responds to Meloni after the RAI censorship

Dear President,

I read your statements that concern me. She herself admits that she doesn’t know “what the truth is” about the cancellation of my speech on Rai. Well, I inform you that as much as you he recklessly statesalthough ignorant of the truth by his own admission, is false for both reasons which concerns the compensation both as regards the extent of the commitment.

I don’t think I deserve this further defamatory attack. I didn’t argue with anyone, neither before nor after. I was dragged into this matter by my hair. I only accepted the invitation of a public television program to write a monologue for a price consensually agreed with the same company from the agency that represents me and perfectly in line with that of the writers who preceded me. The decision to cancel my speech is evidently due to “editorial reasons”, as explicitly stated in a now public company document. My thoughts on fascism and postfascismor, well grounded in fact, it had to be silenced. It continues to be so now that the discussion is moving on evidently specious question of compensation. In order to muddy the waters and hide the real issue raised by my text, a head of government, using all its overflowing powerdoes not hesitate to attack personally and harshly with disparaging statements a private citizen and fellow countryman writer translated and read all over the world.

This, dear President, it is violence. Not physical, of course, but still violence. Is this the price you have to pay today in your Italy for expressing your thoughts?