We are attacked but Italians' support is solid says Meloni

(ANSA) - ROME, JAN 31 - Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni on Friday said that, in spite of daily attacks and attempts to destabilize the government, Italy's backing remained solid, publishing on social media a Supermedia Youtrend poll showing her Brothers of Italy (FdI) party had 30.1% of support, up 0. 5% compared to January 16.
    "I don't look at surveys often", Meloni wrote on social media.
    "Not because they aren't important, but because I think the best way to gain confidence is to work every day with reliability and determination.
    "However, it is difficult not to notice a fact: despite daily gratuitous attacks and attempts to destabilize the government, the support of Italians remains stable", noted the premier.
    "This means one thing to me - that the work we are doing to defend national interest, create opportunities for our companies and strengthen out nation is right.
    "Thanks for the confidence.
    "I am going forward, as always, with my head up high", added the premier.
    Meloni said Thursday, after she and some ministers were informed by a prosecutor Tuesday of a lawyer's complaint over the release and return to Libya of wanted war criminal Osama Almasri, that anyone in her shoes would be a bit disheartened over the alleged judicial mistreatment she has suffered.
    "Anyone in my shoes would be a bit disheartened when faced with this story", said Meloni, speaking at the event La Ripartenza, organized by journalist Nicola Porro in Milan, answering a question about the notification sent to her and some ministers on the case of Almasri, who is wanted by the International Criminal Court, by the Rome Prosecutor's Office.
    "The action was clearly an intentional act," she remarked.
    Meloni has come under fire in recent days after Almasri, wanted for the alleged murder of migrants and alleged rape of persons as young as five, was flown back to a hero's welcome in Tripoli after being released on a technicality and expelled as a dangerous individual. (ANSA).