In the story of the two marines, the controversial decision of the Monti government to send Massimiliano Latorre and Salvatore Girone back to India was followed by the deafening silence of the Letta government, broken only by faint statements by Bonino on the "Unproven innocence" of the two soldiers and a sudden awakening in January from the lethargy of the Defense and Foreign Committees which, through the mouths of their presidents, suddenly called for the internationalization of the case.
Surprise a glimpse of light. Renzi just named premier calls the two marines and declares to the Nation the priority interest of his government to bring home the two boys.
At the same time the Minister of Defense Pinotti and that of Foreign Mogherini repeatedly declare the decision to start the internationalization of the case and the launch of an international arbitration so opposed by Monti and de Mistura.
Everything seemed to be heading in the right direction, when suddenly a clarification from the heads of Defense and Foreign Affairs. Yes, internationalization, but let's continue with bilateral diplomatic contacts to speed up the solution, an understanding confirmed by the premier himself after the famous Ferragostan phone call with Modi.
Time passes and Latorre is hit by serious physical damage and Mogherini informs that the disease has changed the parameters of the problem so that the process of internationalization and arbitration will be accelerated while maintaining bilateral contacts. Words that are added to the many said to the wind so far, with the utmost respect for the old saying that "politics is the opium of the people".
Yesterday, the Indian Foreign Minister said that Delhi never thought of deciding instead of the Indian judges.
Today, the Ambassador Terzi, former Foreign Minister out of the Monti government not to be an accomplice of those in the Monti government had taken the unusual decision to return the two marines to Indian justice, in an interview with "Il Sole 24Ore" (http://www.ilsole24ore.com/art/notizie/2014-09-09/maro-ex-ministro-terzi-critica-renzi-intermediazione-croce-rossa-latorre-sarebbe-gia-italia--130440.shtml) repeats the exact content of the Indian position.
Terzi stresses that the Indian foreign minister "said verbatim that there is no ongoing dialogue with Italy, and that the trial of the military must continue". Clear words according to the ambassador "who kills in a sensational way six months of Renzi's swing", who "has always spoken of a change of pace in relations with India", convinced of "bringing the two marines back to Italy without going through an "Indian" trial, considered "illegitimate and unacceptable".
Moreover, the unfortunate illness of Latorre and the consequent Italian request to grant the military an adequate period of rehabilitation in Italy, will make India more demanding and, as the former foreign minister tells us, "among the guarantees that will now be requested from the 'Italy for the return of Latorre there will be a form of recognition of Indian jurisdiction, and this would really be the final closure as dire as the crazy decision to send the two marines back to India in March 2013 ”.
Terzi informs us, again, that in July the president of the International Cri of Geneva, Peter Maurer, with a detailed letter to the Italian government offered itself as an intermediary. It seems that the government has never responded by involving the CRI and perhaps if it had done so, Terzi said, "Latorre would have been in Italy for several days".
At this point we are faced with a confused scenario in which all the assurances so far given with ease, begin to highlight some substantial gaps. Among the many the main one, that of having initiated bilateral relations to resolve the affair between governments, bypassing the ruling of the Indian courts.
Strategy also confirmed by Foreign Minister Mogherini, recently appointed EU High Representative, who on 2 September let us know from Brussels (Adnkronos), '' We are using these hours to prepare for the internationalization of the management of the affair, which is ready, but also to reopen channels of dialogue with the new Indian government ''.
But the "cries have short legs" as confirmed by the words of the Indian Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj who in New Delhi has issued statements that leave no room for interpretation and deny what was also said by Prime Minister Renzi from August 15th.
But that is not enough, because today another declaration by Mogherini relaunches the bilateral, perhaps because it was not promptly informed by a delayed flow of information from the Italian embassy in Delhi.
Lady Pesc in fact with a modern ANSA reiterates "the bilateral option remains open" and "the bilateral road continues to be viable and" the two roads are not mutually exclusive ". And adds the minister perhaps already already engaged in European problems, "It is the duty of this government to explore the dialogue with the new executive of Prime Minister Narendra Modi", the exact opposite of what the Indian Foreign Minister Sushma said at the press conference Swaraj.
Continuing in this way, the new Lady Pesc will make us regret the Baroness Asthon skilled in not saying and above all in not doing and our marines, at least Girone, will have to wait patiently for the decisions of Indian justice.
Fernando Termentini
