Dr. Danilo Taino on 29 August proposed in SEVEN of the Corriere della Sera an interesting analysis on the Indian political situation after the elections of Narenda Modi, trying to identify the possible positive or negative repercussions that could derive from it for the solution of the affair of the two marines.
The author tells us that, "Modi may also have a certain interest, not a priority but not even insignificant, in building profitable relationships with Rome, if it were to look for them seriously", and adds "the story of Salvatore Girone and Massimiliano Latorre could now become an opportunity to build a serious relationship ". He also informs about Modi's moves in the restructuring of Indian foreign policy from which all the pragmatism that has always distinguished the new Indian president during his long political militancy emerges, which in this case leads him to look with sympathy and above all important countries for open significant economic relationships. The pragmatic Modi who governor of the Indian state of Gujarat referring to the massacre of 1800 Christians in Godhra in 2002 declared "I've never heard of it", so much so as to arouse the reaction of the EU and the US who defined him as an "unwelcome person" .
From the writing of Dr. Taino it is clear that the author considers the story of the two Maròs as an opportunity for “a decisive diplomatic test ... which is unlikely to be resolved positively if Rome plays it only in defense. If, on the other hand, it manages to find a political, economic, business and cultural space in the redefinition of Modi's foreign policy, it will create solid foundations to resolve the case of Girone and Latorre through diplomatic channels. For now he is not doing it ”.
Perhaps Taino would like Italy to be more subjugated to Delhi to break the situation of our two seafarers. A choice made at the time to try to defend those economic interests that Taino includes among the future Italian goals in India. A stalemate perhaps due to the fact that Italy has not yet prostituted enough and because our institutions have not begged enough, as it would seem to wish Taino, perhaps through further verbal notes pleading compromises or rather appointing Indian wire lawyers, after returning hundreds of millions in Agusta guarantees.
An Italy that even accepts that the Indian special tribunal appointed for the two marines should appoint the NIA - Anti-terrorism Investigation Agency - to verify the successful completion of the deposit paid by Italy to ensure that the two marines can move freely, not even as a guarantor in Al-Qaeda!
During these 500 days, however, the Italian genuflexion has never ceased. A de Mistura always with "hands joined", the continuous sending of ministers and parliamentarians in India to "find" respect for international law and human rights. Perhaps there is also a promise of an Italian commitment for Delhi to be admitted to the "nuclear club" despite not deserving it, being one of the first atomic bomb proliferators in the world.
Danilo Taino, however, launches a message consistent with the initiatives carried out on the affair by the last three governments, all marked by the "revival" of economic relations with India, even accepting unspeakable compromises on the marò.
In summary, Rome should propose a flexible solution that leaves India with the right to try the two soldiers without making noise so that the Indian judges are sympathetic, with the hope that perhaps they will bring them back to Italy in a couple of years, with "minor damages" in terms of conviction.
A subjection approach is the one recommended, perhaps because the conviction that Italy is a "country son of a lesser God" has now prevailed, even in the face of a counterpart that demonstrates social and cultural gaps of a certain value. The new President Modi, in fact, among his priority commitments is to convince his 700 million fellow Hindu citizens that, unlike what they do now, it is advisable not to "defecate outdoors" but to use the latrines to reduce epidemics, malnutrition childhood and diseases deriving primarily from poor hygienic conditions.
I do not think that in the face of these realities Italy should feel subordinate and carry on the solution of the affair of the two marros with their heads down. Rather, one must feel even more Nation and demand the defense of the rights of two of its citizens by activating an international legal involvement that is incisive and constructive.
We hope that Minister Mogherini, what she did not achieve as head of Italian foreign policy, will get it now that she has been appointed High Commissioner for European Foreign Policy, a condition that perhaps could make her less conditioned by the constraints imposed by the Italian business lobbies, themselves who, on March 22, 2012, induced the then Prime Minister Monti to hand over two Italian soldiers to the undue judgment of a third state, despite the fact that no charges had been formalized against them.
Fernando Termentini
