Rome prosecutors to acquire Vannacci suspension order

(ANSA) - ROME, FEB 28 - The Rome Public Prosecutor's Office is to acquire the 11-month suspension order issued by the defence ministry against Italian Army General Roberto Vannacci after disciplinary proceedings stemming from the publication in 2023 of a controversial book as part of a probe into suspected incitement of racial hatred in relation to the contents of the same. Prosecutor Erminio Amelio will also reportedly proceed with the acquisition of the book itself, titled Il Mondo al Contrario (The World Back to Front), which was not cleared by top military brass and claims, among other things, that gays are not normal, espouses the Great Replacement conspiracy theory about mainly Muslim migrants replacing ethnic Italians, saying only white people can be Italian, and lauds stand your ground self-defence laws.
    On Monday judicial sources said that Vannacci had been placed under investigation by Rome prosecutors on suspicion of instigating hate over the book after a number of associations complained about its content. (ANSA).