Roberto Calderoli, the deputy speaker
of Italy’s Senate, was widely
condemned after comparing Cecile
Kyenge, the former integration
minister, to an ape in June last year. He later claimed he was a
“misunderstood animal lover” and
refused to resign. But that explanation
failed to convince the prosecutor of
Bergamo, who ordered him to stand
trial for defamation aggravated by racial discrimination. The trial is
ongoing. After a spate of bad luck - including
undergoing six operations, losing his
mother and last week finding a 6ft
snake in his house - Calderoli told the
weekly gossip magazine, Oggi, that
African spirits have plotted against him in revenge for the insult. He is now calling on the help of an
exorcist. “Maybe I should put an ad in a
newspaper or call Bergoglio (Pope
Francis), if he’s not too busy
accommodating immigrants in our
country, but I absolutely need to find
an exorcist,” he said. Calderoli said the string of bad luck
started after a video emerged of
Kyenge’s father, Clement Kikoko
Kyenge, leading a ceremony in a
village in Democratic Republic of
Congo last year during which he asked God to free the politician of evil
thoughts. A photo of Calderoli was also placed in
the middle of a termite mound as Mr
Kyenge asked ancestors of the village
to do the same. “I’ve never been superstitious but
after this, things started happening
more and more,” Calderoli said. He
also claimed to have suffered two
broken fingers and two broken
verterbrae as a result of the curse. A lucky charm in the shape of a red
chilli pepper given to him by friends in
an attempt to ward off the evil spirits
also mysteriously snapped in half a
day later, he said.

source: www.thelocal.it/20140828/ive-been-cursed-by-evil-african-spirits-top-politician

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