An April 25th of commemoration for the entire Italian political class. The President of the Republic Sergio Mattarella, after the traditional ceremony at the Altare della Patria, will leave for Civitella in Val di Chiana. The municipality, in the province of Arezzo, was the scene of one of the many massacres committed by the Nazis during the Second World War. In that area, the Hermann Goering unit killed 244 people. It was June 1944. At the usual laying of the wreath in Piazza Venezia in Rome, in addition to the head of state, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, leader of Fdi, the president of the Senate Ignazio La Russa, of Fdi, and the president of the Chamber of Deputies Lorenzo Fontana, of the League. The deputy prime minister and foreign minister Antonio Tajani will be at the Fosse Ardeatine. The secretary of Forza Italia defined April 25 as “everyone’s celebration of freedom”. The other deputy prime minister, the Minister of Infrastructure and Transport Matteo Salvini, will be at the Shrine of the Milanese fallen, with Mayor Beppe Sala and the Minister of Education Giuseppe Valditara. The presentation of the book by the secretary of the League is also planned, a work entitled «Controvento». The Minister of Culture Gennaro Sangiuliano, another Fdi exponent, will be at the Liberation Museum in Rome. «On April 25th the museums will be free by my decision. It wasn’t like that before. It is not a formal but a substantial fact which means recognition of the value of Liberation Day”, Sangiuliano pointed out. The Minister of the Interior Matteo Piantedosi is expected in Frosinone, for the delivery of the gold medal for civil valor to the Ciociaria province. The vice president of the Senate Licia Ronzulli spoke of a “celebration of freedom, democracy, unity and harmony”, underlining how the day cannot be “partisan”. Ceremony for Matteo Renzi, founder of Italia viva, who will then spend the day with his family like every year. Renzi argued with the CGIL, which chose today to launch the collection of signatures for the referendum on the Jobs Act.
«The idea that Maurizio Landini uses April 25 to launch the collection of signatures for the referendum against the Jobs Act – the former prime minister attacked – demonstrates how scandalous today’s CGIL is. Instead of celebrating April 25th as Liberation Day and a celebration of all Italians, this date is used for ideological and divisive reasons. April 25th is Liberation Day, it does not deserve to be exploited by the CGIL”, he wrote on Twitter.
Elly Schlein, dem secretary, will be in the procession in Milan, where the Anpi will also be there. With her also Nicola Fratoianni’s Italian Left. Same choice for Action leader Carlo Calenda, who however will be in the Jewish Brigade sector.
Also in the Lombardy capital, the IV delegation led by the national coordinator and senator Raffaella Paita is expected. The United States of Europe will also stand alongside the Jewish Brigade.
The former prime minister and current Grillino leader Giuseppe Conte, however, will visit the multimedia exhibition «R-existent women», which is set up at the Festa della Resistenza, a three-day event organized in Rome.
And the mayor of the capital Roberto Gualtieri, dem, will also be at the same party.
Angelo Bonelli of the Greens has announced his participation in the initiative «Together for peace and for an anti-fascist Republic». This is an event promoted by the Anpi in Rome. Stefano Bonaccini, governor of Emila Romagna, will spend April 25th at the Monte Sole park in Marzabotto and at Casa Cervi. With the regional president, also the former prime minister Romano Prodi and the secretary of the CGIL Maurizio Landini.
Ilaria Salis’ father, Roberto, should also take part in the same commemorative occasion.
