he still had the tricolor sash on

He read the speech on the occasion of the celebrations of 25 April. Then he told his colleagues that he wasn’t feeling well. Soon after Mirella Cerini, 50-year-old mayor of Castellanza, in the province of Varese, died due to an illness, probably a heart attack. She was still wearing the tricolor sash when she was found lifeless in the courtyard of the Town Hall building by an officer of the local police command.

He told his colleagues that he didn’t feel well

To his councilors, at the end of the ceremony for the Liberation Day, said he wanted to go up to the office to drink something hot as he wasn’t feeling very well. She entered the municipal building and there she died, alone. The city is in shock: Cerini she was in her second term as mayor and was highly esteemed even by her political opponents.

«We are all deeply shocked – he said Cristina Borroni, his deputy and councilor for social services -. Until recently we had appreciated the Liberation speech. Mirella died as mayor, when she was found on the ground she was still wearing the tricolor sash. For 8 years, his life was entirely spent for the good of the community, work was his vocation. Today we can only cling to those dearest to him.”

The condolences of Confindustria Varese

«We are astonished and deeply saddened by the sudden passing of the Mayor of Castellanza Mirella Cerini – wrote Roberto Grassi, president of Confindustria Varese, in a note -. A far-sighted administrator, always ready to listen and dedicated to her city. She is polite and kind in her ways, at the same time determined in interpreting her role for the common good. All qualities that we have been able to appreciate in this last year in which we have worked a lot together on development projects. As President of Confindustria Varese, on behalf of all our companies, I express my deepest condolences to her family.”

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