Vannacci, fraud and embezzlement are being investigated. Affaritaliani.it's interview with the general after the accusations
Today's news, according to the Corriere della Serathat General Roberto Vannacci would be under investigation for false reimbursements relating to the period in which he held the role of Italian military attaché in Moscow. After the uproar caused by his book, The world on the contrary, published alone with enormous success, the general has several times been linked to a possible candidacy for the next European Championships for the League
How do you feel in the meantime?
Look, then, on the specific question I don't talk about service, so I won't comment. I am extremely calm, I move forward, I live my life and I continue to do so, I will represent my motivations in the appropriate places.
There are those who have spoken of an idea of clockwork justice, what do you think?
I do not comment on the republican institutions, I have never done so and I will not do so now, but I thank all those, and there are many, who have sent me messages of solidarity, closeness and sympathy.
Do you feel calm, in the sense of not having done the things complained of?
I am calm, as I have always been in my life.
Do you know if these accusations predate the book and your TV appearances and presentations? Because the fact that they arrive today leaves a certain aftertaste…
I can't tell you anything, I read the article like you this morning.
So you, like all of us, read a newspaper article, didn't receive notices, a communication to your lawyer, anything of the sort?
I read the newspaper article this morning, like you.
This way of… seems peculiar to me…
You draw your own conclusions.
It will continue in the presentations of the book and in the public invitations it has received, I imagine…
Yes, there is no reason why I should stop.
Some have raised criticism about its cultural proximity to Putin's idea of the world. What do you think?
You should ask whoever raised these criticisms, these observations, because they should honestly tell me at what point I, in some way, expressed positive opinions on Putin's actions. I never did it. So they should tell me where they get these observations from. They are observations, like the questions of the epithets that have been addressed to me, of racist, homophobic, instigator of hatred, totally gratuitous and not inspired by any real fact.
After what's happening, would you rewrite the book?
But I would do it all again. I have never had regrets in my life or second thoughts. I've always tried to do the things I felt like doing. We are talking about a free man who published a book. You think about the fuss… Which fact was raised? A free man who publishes a book. What I always say is that a book is a passive object.
Of course, but it was contested that she had not submitted the contents of that book to the military hierarchies, this was the complaint at the time…
But there is a specific article of the Military Order Code which clearly says that when we are not talking about confidential matters, of service, of military interest, no authorization must be issued. And therefore there is no reason why I should have asked for permission. This is something I have already said since the beginning of the book's publication. The criticisms that were leveled against me about the book were not on the merits, but on the concepts, the ideas, the thoughts expressed. We have returned to a world where expressing ideas and thoughts that are not appreciated by a certain fringe has become almost unacceptable.
Are you saying, about the book: regardless of my ideas, whether right or wrong, you don't open a discussion on the merits but attack the person?
I have always said that ideas are fought on the level of arguments. Anyone who wanted to criticize, to reply, to express opinions that were not in agreement with what I expressed would have been totally free to do so, but instead the person was attacked.
Will he run for the European elections?
I'm always evaluating, I think about it. I thank everyone who offered me this opportunity and we will see in the future, based on all the considerations I will make
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