Peppone and Don Camillo 2.0. And instead of political issues, there are faiths involved, but football ones. In Solesino, a municipality of 7,000 inhabitants in the Lower Padua area, Inter’s twentieth scudetto has ignited spirits and rivalries. Mayor Elvy Bentani, a great Nerazzurri fan and re-elected at the head of a centre-right list, displayed an Inter flag with the tricolor and two stars on the town hall after winning the tricolour. Partly to celebrate, partly to respond to the priest of the Arteselle hamlet, Don Marino Ruggero: when the Bianconeri were still fighting for the title – complete with overtaking in the standings – he had displayed the flag of his Juventus outside the rectory.
the reply
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The Gazzettino tells the story, explaining how the giant checkered cloth was donated to the mayor by Solesino’s Inter club. It is hung on the opposite side to the institutional flags, but it would still be outside the rule that prohibits displaying “private or partisan banners” on public buildings. And the opposition – the centre-left civic list Solesino Progresso, the favorite team is not known – pointed the finger. “I don’t know if we are faced with vilification, but certainly with a lack of respect for an institutional place such as the town hall, for good taste and decency” thundered the city councilor Andrea Garavello. “The house of the Municipality is everyone’s house, but for the umpteenth time Bentani mistakes public affairs for his own” he added. “If these are the only arguments left for the minorities to attack me, it means that they are people who have come to fruition. And in any case Don Marino also displayed a Juventus flag. Yet the church would also be everyone’s home” was the response of the mayor. No problem whatsoever, the crisis is averted: “All the members are Inter fans, perhaps only one is a Milan fan, but he doesn’t declare it publicly” explains Bentani, who also published the images of the flag on Instagram, accompanied by the notes of Madame’s song , Tananai and Rose Villain, “I Had a Dream.”
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the answer
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The Juventus Don Camillo, Don Marino, relaunches: “If the mayor doesn’t remove it, I’ll have it lowered. Now I’m waiting for Juve in the Italian Cup final. If they win, I’ll ring the bells in celebration.” In case of defeat, however, “I will play them dead”.
