The Sovereign Voice Issue 5 | Page 15

F SUBSCRIBE authority) of the tool that is the ITNJ. There is a lot of groundwork to be done before a case can be brought before the ITNJ. Rubinka HanKen Chapter Administrator: Eastern Europe [email protected] Indian Chapter • We continue our work training more people to serve as mediators, with their training certified by the India Institute of Arbitration and Mediation, IIAM. • We continue to work on opening 15 joint ITNJIIAM Community Mediation Clinics in Kerala, Tamil Nadu, and Karnataka. • This work is keeping us quite busy, so there are no other major updates at this time. Anil Joseph Chapter Chair: India [email protected] Italian Chapter • During the last few months we received the first inquiries for bringing cases to the ITNJ, and most of them were related to financial abuse. All who live in Italy know the agency named Equitalia. The activity of this private company is the debt collec- DONATE HERE F tion on behalf of the Italian State, which means they are interested in those who have not paid, or are late with the payment of taxes, duties, tributes and other such things. In carrying out its activities, Equitalia resorts to all sorts of "strategies", including threats, harassment, blackmail, and applying additional interest and usurious commissions that, in a short time, double the amount due. Many people in Italy have committed suicide after receiving their infamous "papers." • I can tell you that all this crap is coming to an end. When? That depends on us, on how many of us know the true state of reality in order to get rid of the old system and begin to interact with new and alternative organizations. ITNJ is one of these. It's important to realize that ITNJ is a tribunal by the people, of the people, and for the people; obviously it's true that we also need legal figures such as judges, prosecutors, lawyers, and so on, but the main ingredient is always the people. This is still not considered here. People are used to paying for everything and every kind of service. That can be convenient, but ask yourself: among all the people who turn to a lawyer, a judge, a magistrate...how many of them have real knowledge about the judicial system, how it operates, its members, its purpose? If you do this research, you will find that only a very small percentage know these things, and that can be dangerous, because if the knowledge remains in the hands of a few, those few always make sure to use it to their advantage. In my opinion, it's precisely this point that lies at the heart of the importance of a tribunal of the people, for the people. In this way we get a conscious and participatory people that becomes one with the judicial body. This is the simplest way to ensure that justice becomes common knowledge and then injustice disappears. TheSovereignVoice.Org