A video broadcast Durane the last episode of Dimartedì denies the version of Prodi according to which
During the last episode of DimartìGiovanni Floris showed a new video relating to the episode that involved Romano Prodi and the journalist Lavinia Orefici. The movie, which offers a different perspective than that initially transmitted by Fourth republicrekindled the debate on the gesture of the former premier.
The context of the incident
The episode occurred last Saturday at the Auditorium in Rome, during the presentation of the book written by Prodi with Massimo Giannini. Lavinia Orefici, sent by Fourth republicasked the former president of the European Commission for a comment on a passage from the Ventotene Manifesto concerning private property. Prodi’s reaction was filmed by a first video broadcast by Network 4in which the professor appears visibly annoyed by the application and, during the conversation, makes a gesture against the journalist who clearly shows the recovery as a “hair pulled”.
Lavinia Orefici commented on the incident, claiming to have felt humiliated both as a journalist and as a woman. «President Prodi, in addition to responding in an aggressive and intimidating tone, took a lock of my hair and pulled it. It was shocking for me, “said the correspondent of Fourth republic.
The first video fueled a heated debate, with some newspapers that talked about a gesture of contempt by the former premier, while others minimized the question.
The new movie transmitted by Dimartì It shows the scene from another angle, allowing a wider view of the episode. However, even from this perspective, the gesture appears evident: Prodi lengthens his hand to the journalist, grabs a lock of hair and pulls it. The former premier said that the contact would have been random and without any offensive intention, but the images clearly confirm the gesture.
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