The government was asked to refer in parliament on the incidents in Piazza Navona. Unter-secretary of the interior, Francesco Nitto Palma, accused the students and the leftist factions of having started the clash in his report to parliament. The opposition and the students have categorically contested the government's version.

Photos of the dynamics of the incident now on line, as well as numerous testimonies, confirm the original reconstruction of a gratuitous attack by the fascists against youngsters as the initial cause of the fights.