Francesca Ghio’s Testimony into Childhood Sexual Assault Sparks Investigation

First the report in the council chamber in Genoa, then the opening of an investigation by the prosecutor’s office. The statement shared yesterday by Rossoverde-listed city councilor Francesca Ghio about the sexual violence she experienced as a little girl has now turned from a political action into a judicial action. Genoa, Francesca Ghio: ‘I was raped within the walls of my house at the age of 12’. AVS city councilor admits he was attacked. Francesca Ghio’s Report Ghio reported that she was molested when she was 12 years old. ‘I was living in the heart of wealthy Genoa when I was physically and psychologically attacked within the walls of my home,’ he said. The parliament initially remained silent, but later, when council members realized that he was a victim, messages of sympathy and solidarity began to flow. The case was brought against unidentified persons and was entrusted to Deputy Prosecutor Vittorio Ranieri Miniati, who coordinated the Weak Sections pool. Considering that 19 years have passed since the events, the investigation will then be assigned to a magistrate from the group to consider whether the crime is statute-barred. According to Code Red, the first step should be to hear the victim within three days. The statute of limitations kicks in after 12 years, but if the violence had continued for a long time, the period might not have expired. That’s why Councilman Ghio’s statement will be very important. The investigation has been opened ex officio, and according to the news in the websites and newspapers in such crimes, there is no need for the victim to complain. ‘The Cecchettin family gave me the desire to react’ In an interview with ANSA today, Ghio explained: ‘I prepared and chose to do this. I feel like my body has become food for everyone. A part of me died years ago, and the new voice I dared to use yesterday gives me so much strength. It’s also nice to think that this desire to respond was given to me by everything Giulia and the Cecchettin family did. The city councilor is one of the most combative members of the minority on Genoa’s city council: in recent months, as a new mother, she managed to get a regulation approved allowing new parents, both male and female, to attend council sessions. from a distance. In the chamber, she explained why she was testifying and concluded with a quote from the song Bandiera by singer-songwriter and feminist activist Giulia Mei: ‘I am a voice, I am a flag, my body is political, the people I am called to represent here’. Ghio emphasized that she “has the privilege of being able to express her suffering in an institutional hall” by “putting her body at the service of everyone, as taught by feminist and transfeminist movements, to make the voices of those who do not have these rights heard.” the power to do it.” She added that resources are needed to combat gender violence “because society needs the tools to educate our children” and to help “those who don’t have the tools to confront what they’re suffering from.”