Terni, mayor: “No ban on miniskirts or necklines, I do not withdraw the order”

No ban on “miniskirts or necklines”, but only the intention to provide the police with “a tool to intervene and prevent hateful phenomena such as the exploitation of prostitution”. The mayor of Terni Leonardo Latini at Adnkronos says he is “surprised” by the controversy that has flared up over his anti-prostitution ordinance and takes a few pebbles off his shoe: “There are similar ordinances in the center-left and center-right municipalities, if the controversy breaks out in a municipality of the League and not in a municipality of the Democratic Party it makes me think that there is an element of instrumentality “. On the controversy, the mayor said: “I was quite surprised: the ordinance had already been adopted in July and was subject to an extension. Following some reports and to the Order and Security Committee, which took place in the prefecture, this ordinance was issued on 1 October last “. “There are many ordinances like these, there is a twin ordinance in Rimini. But evidently – he specifies ironically – there are different sensitivities in interpreting the phenomena”. “It is a question of giving the police a tool to intervene and prevent hateful phenomena such as the exploitation of prostitution – explains the mayor – We mayors implement these ordinances to create hostile environments to criminal phenomena in the cities”. text of the ordinance that censures “indecent or indecent clothing”, Latini observes: “The ordinance must be read as a whole, no one has highlighted that, above all, the behavior of customers is affected. Nobody intends to ban miniskirts or necklines in the most absolute, it is not a question of prohibiting types of clothing, everyone is free to dress as they see fit “, underlines the mayor, adding that at the center of the ordinance there are those” behaviors directed in an unequivocal way to offer paid sexual services “and that” can generate the belief “that prostitution is being practiced.” As mayors we have an obligation to protect citizens and give and order tools for the containment of criminal phenomena – he continues – There are similar ordinances in the center-left and center-right municipalities, if the controversy breaks out in a municipality of the League and not in a municipality of the Democratic Party I think that there is an element of instrumentality “. The mayor does not go back and has no intention of withdrawing the order as someone asks:” No, it was agreed in the technical tables and in conjunction with the police. ” “I do not understand how this ordinance can harm the dignity of women – he concludes – it is intended to protect women when they want to combat the exploitation of prostitution”. (by Sara Di Sciullo)