Pro-Pal demo ban must be respected' - Rome police chief

(ANSA) - ROME, OCT 2 - The new chief police commissioner of Rome Roberto Massucci said a ban on pro-Palestinian demonstrations originally scheduled on Saturday in the Italian capital "exists and must be respected".
    He stressed however that there is "dialogue" with promoters to "find a different timing and legal framework" for the protest.
    Meanwhile the Palestinian communities of Rome and Lazio on Wednesday said they would not be taking part in the October 5 demonstration and had decided, after the ban, to stage another event on October 12 in Rome, the president of the president, Youself Salman, told ANSA.
    On Monday, a Palestinian Italian group, Arab-Palestinian Democratic Union (UDAP), said they would appeal to the Lazio regional administrative tribunal (TAR) against the allegedly "arbitrary and political" decision to bar their planned pro-Palestine demonstration on October 5. (ANSA).