Coronavirus, Mattarella: “Anxiety is counterproductive. Follow government guidelines. Citizens need unity, politics and information”

A three and a half minute message to invite the country to follow the directions issued by the government, highlighting “unmotivated and often counterproductive states of anxiety“And asking for compactness: not only for politics, but also for citizens and the media that must work by focusing”unity of purpose in the effort to defeat the virus“. Ten days after the start of the coronavirus emergency Sergio Mattarella speak to the nation. A fairly short message in which the President of the Republic recognizes that Italy is “going through a moment particularly demanding. He is dutifully confronting him with full transparency is completeness of information towards public opinion “. The head of state reflected on the pitfall “of a new virus that is gradually affecting many countries in the world is causing concern. This is understandable and requires everyone sense of responsibility, but we absolutely must avoid unmotivated anxiety states and often counterproductive. We are a great modern country, we have a excellent national health system who is operating effectively and with the generous self-sacrifice of his staff, at all professional levels “.

Mattarella’s message is positive forecasts but cautious in ways: “We can and must have confidence in Italy” is “we will overcome the condition of these days. Also through the necessary to take extraordinary measures to support the work of the sanitary workers constantly engaged for days and days: measures for the introduction of new staff to support them and to ensure the effective availability of equipment and materials, checking it in all hospitals “. As if to say: the measures launched since the last cabinet – seven and a half billion for the emergency, 6.3 in deficit – find favor with the Quirinale.

It is not the only passage in which the head of state expresses support for the work of the government. The President recommends that the Italians adopt the behavior adequate to combat contagion, i.e. the provisions issued in the last hours by the executive. Even in this delicate passage the president uses the Paper as a reference: “The Government – to which the Constitution entrusts the task and the tools to decide – yesterday established a series of indications of daily behavior, suggested by scientists and valuable experts. They are simple but important to avoid the risk of spreading the spread of the infection. I wish invite everyone to carefully observe these indications: even if they can temporarily change some of our life habits “.

Constitutional references, therefore, but also common sense: “Respecting those criteria of behavior, each of us will concretely contribute to overcoming this emergency. Our fellow citizens of the so-called red areas are doing it with great seriousness. I thank them for the way they are facing the sacrifices they are subjected to. ” The president expressed “sincere closeness to sick people and great solidarity with the families of the victims”, then launched a message of national unity, also considering the controversies of the last few days between some media and the government on the measures taken: “The moment we go through requires involvement, sharing, harmony, unity of purpose in the commitment to defeat the virus: in institutions, in politics, in the daily life of society, in media“.

The president’s references also concern internal conflicts within the institutions, with some regional presidents who in the last week have tried to launch measures independently by the central government: “The control room set up by the government is responsible for assuming – unequivocally necessary decisions in collaboration with the Regions, coordinating the various skills and responsibilities. Therefore, they should be avoided particular initiatives that deviate from the indications taken at the coordination office “. Direct reference to the governors who have tried to launch measures independently in the last week. In short, the rules of the game, in the moment of emergency, are clear. The head of state repeats them for the benefit of the most distracted: “Dear fellow citizens and dear fellow citizens, without imprudence but without alarmism, we can and must have confidence in the skills and resources we have available. We can and must have confidence in Italy “.

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