Pacitalia
09-01-2006, 02:29
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An anti-globalisation protester was arrested
Sunday after he chucked a pie at FPD leader
Constantino Sorantanali (right), hitting him in the
face. The above photo is unrelated.
Sorantanali pied at breakfast rally by anti-globalisation protester
By Mario Battistuta in Timiocato
A Sunday morning political incident seemed like it was fresh out of a sketch comedy show. Constantino Sorantanali, the leader of the Federation of Progressive Democrats, managed to escape controversy after the Space Union debacle on Friday and Saturday. Unfortunately, Sunday morning was a different story. Sorantanali was flipping pancakes and slices of ham at a breakfast rally for the FPD in Nortemera, when an anti-globalisation protester with a pink Anarchist League of Pacitalia armband ran up and pied him in the face.
Nearby security guards nabbed the man and put him into custody with the cooperation of the Nortemera Police Service. He is identified as Marco Manoni, age 25 of Nortemera. As he was carted off to a police van, he shouted anti-globalisation and anti-capitalist slogans at the chuckling crowd. The Anarchist League, which is trying to make a serious run at winning seats in both houses of legislation, quickly distanced themselves from Mr Manoni and from the incident.
"As far as this party is concerned, we do not make political gestures of this nature," ALP leader Vera Campagnolo said shortly after by phone. "We do not throw pies at people. We wave flags, hold signs, flash banners, and get our message out with our voices and our pamphlets. This man has stained the reputation of the ALP unfairly... any of his actions are outside the party's authority and we do not condone that behaviour in any way."
PSC leader Fernando Chiovitti simply said, "This is a disgrace to Pacitalian politics. I cannot believe someone would stoop that low."
Green leader Neros Constantakis said the act was "certainly an embarrassment" and told reporters he would not tolerate similar acts from his party towards other candidates. "If I see [a Green member] doing that or condoning that behaviour during the election campaign, they will no longer be a part of the Green organisation."
Sorantanali reportedly was humoured by the incident and will not press charges - a lucky break for a man who has been arrested on similar charges before. In 2002 after the verdict of a high-profile defence case in Puntafora, Manoni, then 22, ran up to the principal defence lawyer, Valentino Samuccio, and pied him. He was caught and charged with battery; a judge then ordered him to pay Đ3'500 in punitive damages.
Manoni avoided a first-offence charge for his 2000 pieing of then-premier of Pomentane Danielo Zumbanuno, who originally pressed charges but then decided to drop them as a sign of goodwill.
Had Sorantanali decided to press charges, Manoni would have received a minimum fine plus either jail time or community service. But as said, Sorantanali was "amused by the incident - not embarrassed at all. He thought it was the funniest thing that he'd seen in a while," according to his campaign communications officer, Giulia Castarini.
Sorantanali was obviously unfazed as he is soldiering on as planned after the incident. Changing from casual -- albeit pie-stained -- polo and khakis to a sharp suit, he immediately moved on to tour munitions factories in Nortemera and nearby Tivuntamo before getting on a plane to cross the country, where tomorrow he will campaign in Meritate, which seems ready to change from Communist MPPs to more moderate left or even FPD representatives.
The reported presence of Soviet RAFA agents in Pacitalia will most likely be mentioned and Sorantanali will make a promise as to how he will deal with this, if true, illegal intrusion on Pacitalian soil. RAFA agents would realistically only be in Pacitalia to defend or spread communist thought, especially in the now-dwindling power base of Meritate.
http://www.adnkronos.com/Assets/Imgs/B/berlusconi_casini1_inf--200x200.jpg
An anti-globalisation protester was arrested
Sunday after he chucked a pie at FPD leader
Constantino Sorantanali (right), hitting him in the
face. The above photo is unrelated.
Sorantanali pied at breakfast rally by anti-globalisation protester
By Mario Battistuta in Timiocato
A Sunday morning political incident seemed like it was fresh out of a sketch comedy show. Constantino Sorantanali, the leader of the Federation of Progressive Democrats, managed to escape controversy after the Space Union debacle on Friday and Saturday. Unfortunately, Sunday morning was a different story. Sorantanali was flipping pancakes and slices of ham at a breakfast rally for the FPD in Nortemera, when an anti-globalisation protester with a pink Anarchist League of Pacitalia armband ran up and pied him in the face.
Nearby security guards nabbed the man and put him into custody with the cooperation of the Nortemera Police Service. He is identified as Marco Manoni, age 25 of Nortemera. As he was carted off to a police van, he shouted anti-globalisation and anti-capitalist slogans at the chuckling crowd. The Anarchist League, which is trying to make a serious run at winning seats in both houses of legislation, quickly distanced themselves from Mr Manoni and from the incident.
"As far as this party is concerned, we do not make political gestures of this nature," ALP leader Vera Campagnolo said shortly after by phone. "We do not throw pies at people. We wave flags, hold signs, flash banners, and get our message out with our voices and our pamphlets. This man has stained the reputation of the ALP unfairly... any of his actions are outside the party's authority and we do not condone that behaviour in any way."
PSC leader Fernando Chiovitti simply said, "This is a disgrace to Pacitalian politics. I cannot believe someone would stoop that low."
Green leader Neros Constantakis said the act was "certainly an embarrassment" and told reporters he would not tolerate similar acts from his party towards other candidates. "If I see [a Green member] doing that or condoning that behaviour during the election campaign, they will no longer be a part of the Green organisation."
Sorantanali reportedly was humoured by the incident and will not press charges - a lucky break for a man who has been arrested on similar charges before. In 2002 after the verdict of a high-profile defence case in Puntafora, Manoni, then 22, ran up to the principal defence lawyer, Valentino Samuccio, and pied him. He was caught and charged with battery; a judge then ordered him to pay Đ3'500 in punitive damages.
Manoni avoided a first-offence charge for his 2000 pieing of then-premier of Pomentane Danielo Zumbanuno, who originally pressed charges but then decided to drop them as a sign of goodwill.
Had Sorantanali decided to press charges, Manoni would have received a minimum fine plus either jail time or community service. But as said, Sorantanali was "amused by the incident - not embarrassed at all. He thought it was the funniest thing that he'd seen in a while," according to his campaign communications officer, Giulia Castarini.
Sorantanali was obviously unfazed as he is soldiering on as planned after the incident. Changing from casual -- albeit pie-stained -- polo and khakis to a sharp suit, he immediately moved on to tour munitions factories in Nortemera and nearby Tivuntamo before getting on a plane to cross the country, where tomorrow he will campaign in Meritate, which seems ready to change from Communist MPPs to more moderate left or even FPD representatives.
The reported presence of Soviet RAFA agents in Pacitalia will most likely be mentioned and Sorantanali will make a promise as to how he will deal with this, if true, illegal intrusion on Pacitalian soil. RAFA agents would realistically only be in Pacitalia to defend or spread communist thought, especially in the now-dwindling power base of Meritate.