Deputy Premier, Transport Minister and
rightwing League party leader Matteo Salvini on Thursday
rebuffed a warning from President Sergio Mattarella on the
"absolutism of the majority" saying that if anything the problem
was the opposite, an alleged dictatorship o the minority.
"Absolutism? We are in a democracy, the people vote, the people
win. I don't do philosophy, I do politics. If anything, here
there is the problem of the dictatorship of minorities, not the
opposite," said Salvini, rejecting Mattarella's warning about
the risks of "absolutism of the majority" and "powers without
limits".
Salvini went on: "In Italy as in France whoever takes votes
governs, in respect of the rules, of democracy, of minorities.
"I think this is a call that can be made to others, not to the
Italian situation. Here, indeed, there is the minority that
often acts as the majority".
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