Have you ever seen a member of the riot squad charging any politicians, bankers or bankrupters? Their baton charges are reserved for protesting office workers, students and working class people. It can safely be said that the long arm of the law, lengthened by the obligatory truncheon, only comes down on the heads of the latter three groups, the destitute and the temporary workers. It is a truncheon aimed on the basis of wealth, so if your earnings exceed a certain amount, then you are quite safe. What holds true for physical beatings, holds even more true for our legislation. Powerful and ruthless when it comes to the weak, but obsequious and condescending when it comes to parliamentarians. “Dura lex, sed Brunetta lex”.
While the office worker with the broken leg is subjected to house arrest and a faxed order, the Deputy can do whatever he wishes. He can be a parliamentary absentee, he can have two jobs and two salaries and he can continue to practice his profession, just like attorney Ghedini who is paid with public money and then paid again by his client, namely Berlusconi, to defend him in the court cases against him. One of the highest parliamentary salaries in the whole of Europe and the right to a pension after only two and a half years of service. The Italian Parliamentarian truly is a public servant with Special Rights. An example to the Nation and, therefore, if the laws don’t apply to Parliament, then they should not apply to the citizens either. Public servants included. They may never give up (is it in their interests?), but neither will we.

"Good day Beppe,
I would like to bring my specific case to you attention. I work as a nurse in a Healthcare Company and, just a few weeks ago, I was involved in an unpleasant accident and landed up with a fracture of the radial styloid and scaphoid, with a prognosis of 90 days. As you may well imagine, this situation itself was rather unpleasant, but given that there is no end to bad news, along comes the new Brunetta law. The abovementioned law highlights three important points:
1- Having to remaining available for a home visit by the medical inspector between 08h00 and 20h00, with only “one hour of fresh air per day” (from 13h00 to 14h00)
2- Having to notify the authorities exclusively by fax every time you need to leave home to go to the doctor or any other reason.
3- Loss of any salary incentives.

Point one:
I would like to know from the Honourable Brunetta whether he has ever read through the Italian Constitution, particularly articles 13 and 14 (civil relationships), which deal with the inviolable principle of personal liberty and that an individual cannot be placed in exile against his will, unlike the case with the new Brunetta law that imposes a sort of house arrest.

Second point regarding notification via fax.
I live alone and I don’t own a fax machine. In the accident I also suffered a sprain to my foot, which prevents me from walking around. The nearest shop equipped with a fax machine is about 3km away from my home and I am unable to drive, so I would like to know precisely how I am supposed to send the various notifications before leaving home so as to avoid incurring any penalties.

Third point regarding salaries.
I am being denied my freedom; I cannot return to work due to the fracture. Just like a prisoner, I am obliged to report all my movements and then, to top it off, I am also penalised in terms of my salary.
It seems to me that this legislation only penalises those that have genuine health problems, while the usual “smart alecs” will, in any event, somehow manage to get off scot-free. At this point I would like to appeal to someone in the media world who would be prepared to support me in my quest to make a point, namely to be allowed to return to work as a “plaster cast wearer”. I want to do this because I have no desire to remain “in prison” for the next three months when all that I am guilty of is getting injured. Regards." Paola M.