“There is no reference to anti-fascism in the Constitution”. The words of Ignazio La Russa, second head of state in the Senate. in an interview with Republic “I believe this happened under pressure from the PCI and the moderate parties who did not want to give this gift to the USSR,” he argues. While La Russa announced on April 25 that he would do “something that everyone would agree on” on the one hand, his analysis on the other hand (again) creates controversy.
La Russa affirms that he “fully shares the values of the Resistance, which is seen as overcoming a dictatorship. The problem – he says – is that the PCI and then the left have embraced these values. It is a historical fact. It is always the opposite”. And he points out that “even the Right in its history nominated partisans”.
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La Russa complains of “useless discussions” about their sentences. “When I remembered the birth of MSI, a storm broke out. The President was also at Almirante’s funeral,” he recalls. “Everything you say or do is abused – he says – And we always have to keep up the discussion”.
Truth be told, La Russa offered a few ideas. The unfortunate departure from Rasella recently: “The murdered were a semi-retired non-Nazi band,” he exclaimed before apologizing. Yet he is not the only one. Minister Lollobrigida seems to follow in his footsteps with the phrase “ethnic displacement”. “Do you really think he’s a pro-white supremacist? He said he didn’t know what he was talking about, or rather he said he didn’t know about Kalergi’s conspiracy theory,” La Russa argues.
With just a few days left to the April 25 celebrations, the words of the President of the Senate increase the tension. Social networks are overflowing with screenshots taken from the Senate website, where most of the transitional provisions of our Statute are clearly stated, “Any reorganization of the disbanded fascist party is prohibited”.
The leader of Alleanza Verdi e Sinistra at Chamber Filiberto Zaratti demands the resignation of La Russa. “Anyone who does not recognize the anti-fascist value of the Constitution – roars – cannot occupy the second post of the state. Enough of the Byzantines of himself and his party comrades, Italy is a Republic born of the Resistance against European collaborationism. Italian fascists and Nazis. Trying to rewrite history, like Italy It is typical of regimes, not free states, where democracy reigns”.
“‘Any reorganization of the disbanded Fascist party is prohibited,'” recalls Michela, deputy Democratic Party. Senate president Ignazio La Russa should read our beautiful Constitution to its anti-fascist end. Prejudice.
“The Senate president says there is no anti-fascism in the Constitution. He hasn’t looked closely,” commented Action-Italia Viva senator Ivan Scalfarotto in a tweet.
“April 25 is too important an anniversary to be the subject of controversy and not to waste time commenting on President La Russa’s statements about anti-fascism,” interrupts Florence’s mayor, Dario Nardella. “Liberation – adds the mayor – represents a system of values that President Sergio Mattarella has repeatedly said and, as we all know, underlies the Constitution”.
Source: Today IT
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