Asbestos disease conference: the representatives of the staff denied participation, the Ministry of Defense becomes entrenched in the bureaucracy

20/09/16

In April 2016, the delegates of Cocer Aeronautica, the highest representative body of the military, Alfio Messina and Antonsergio Belfiori asked to participate in an important and delicate conference organized by a national association (ONA) on problems related to asbestos and the related pathologies that have affected military and civilians.

The General Staff of the Air Force denied, in fact, the authorization and a political case was born that ended in Parliament with two questions. The first of the honorable Elio Vito of FI, the second of the honorable Tatiana Basilio of the M5S.

Today, through the voice of the Undersecretary of Defense Domenico Rossi, the response of the Ministry of Defense to the question of the Hon. Elio Vito. An answer that immediately appears, in his bureaucratic language, unsuitable for modern times and unsuitable for respecting the most elementary rights of those who must represent the demands of workers with stars.

A shameful page, in our humble opinion, also towards the sick and / or deceased staff.

We expected more from a government that promises reforms and rights but in practice continues to deny them.

Until the military world gains greater representation rights, it will not be possible to talk about democracy in the armed forces.

This was declared by the delegates of the Cocer of the Air Force Alfio Messina and Antonsergio Belfiori