There first Italian dinner she was at home with fifteen friends, brothers and parents, accompanied by a Sardinian wine, in honor of its origins. Then, a lot rest and a whole week away from commitments. Ilaria Salis, returned on Saturday in the parents’ home a Monza After 16 months and 3 days of Hungarian exile — before detained in the oldest prison in Budapest and from May 23rd to home in the Hungarian capital — recover your strength and he does it away from everything and everyone, before taking on the role of MEP of the Green Left Alliance. On the other hand, the certification of the Interior Ministry for the election – in which he obtained further 178 thousand preferences in the two colleges in which she was a candidate – she has not yet arrived and the teacher from Brianza can give herself a week’s time rest.
On Monday Salis will celebrate in his native Monza together with friends and relatives his 40th birthday and, as his father Roberto recalled, «it will be a double celebration given that we also have to celebrate the 39th»: a year ago, in fact, the activist was detained in prison a thousand kilometers from her home.
But on Sunday morning, at first public appointment as a newly elected member, Ilaria Salis gave a lump sum. She should have connected via video for a short speech at the Italian Left Party in Milan but, the organizers explained, «he is not in condition». In reality, the no-show is the result of “a misunderstanding”: her he thought it was a private connection but instead it was public. Furthermore, his father had explained on Saturday evening, «Ilaria is exhausted, very tired and very tiredhad a very intense period of imprisonment and he suffered the tortures that you all know. For this you will need a period of rest.” Roberto himself appeared on video, speaking with Avs supporters, who a few hours earlier had announced his resignation as “Ilaria’s spokesperson and candidate for third parties”.
On his daughter’s future, in her first political experience, he invited us to «ask her directly what she wants to do, in the next few days it will begin its communication campaign in its role”. But, she added, «with Ilaria you have made an excellent purchase. “Every cockroach is beautiful to Mama Soja”, but you will realize it. Ilaria will reserve great surprises for everyone.”
The father of the woman detained for almost 500 days on charges of attacking neo-Nazis — accusation for which she has always proclaimed herself innocent by giving up the plea bargain – denounced «la shitstorm of which I am the object: I am happy to act as a lightning rod because perhaps this allows Ilaria to work more serenely.” And he compared her daughter’s story to that of other anti-fascists: the delegitimization «it is part of the process of political struggle of fascism: fascists have always done this, when they have a political opponent they have to demolish him. They did this with Gobetti, Gramsci, Matteotti. We need to look forward and be strong.”
Roberto Salis then claimed «the choice made on April 30th» which «was right because, if she first went under house arrest and then had the concession from Hungary ofimmunity accelerated, it is only thanks to the political pressure that you put. This shows that when there are vile political attacks there must be an equally strong political response, if not more so.”
Ilaria Salis will go to Brussels after June 24thtogether with Nicola Fratoianni and Angelo Bonelli who nominated her as the leading candidate in the North West and in the Islands to help her obtain her freedom. Tomorrow the two leaders will meet to define the next steps, given that the entry of other EU deputies depends on the election of Salis.
