Stefano Bandecchi, mayor of the Italian city of Terni, has triggered the outrage of an entire country with his unrepresentable statements in a plenary session on the subject of sexist violence.
During his speech, Bandecchi, from the centrist Popular Alternative party, dropped several provocative “pearls.” the anger of the majority of those present. The politician assured: “When a normal man sees a girl's pretty ass, he tries.”
It's not the first time that Bandecchi reveals his machismo with similar statements. Last November, he explained in an interview that the man who never cheated on his girlfriend was “not a normal man.”
The Terni city council tried to respond to the criticism with some words that only further fueled the controversy. Bandecchi defended that Italian men would understand him“At least the normal ones, the mentally healthy ones.”
Seeking notoriety, he repeated his words to the audience: “A normal man sees a girl's ass and tries it. If he succeeds, he fucks her. And if not, he goes home.”
The councilors reproached him for his words and given such a lack of education and respect, They decided to leave the room in protest.
After what happened, The entire opposition demanded the politician's resignation. In a statement they distorted his words and the language he normally uses in plenary sessions. Above all, they criticize that these statements were made as part of the debate about measures against sexist violence, which the mayor actually wanted to vote against.
“Once again the mayor is demonstrating complete lack of respect for institutions and towards women, by expressing incoherent concepts that we strongly condemn and that should persuade him to resign,” they emphasize in the letter.
Far from providing relief, the mayor has bragged about his words on social media. laughs at everyone who criticizes him for his deplorable performance.
“If you want to banish me, please send me to the island of Elba, because I want to go the same way as Napoleon,” he says ironically in a video posted on his Instagram profile.