The left does not give up on Lucca. After the case of not naming a street or square with the name of Sandro Pertini, the case of nostalgic posts by a councilor breaks out. “One shame after another. After having denied dedication to President Pertini, we now discover the adulation of Mussolini – complete with Facebook posts – from the councilor of the Municipality of Lucca, Mia Pisano”, denounces Marco Furfaro, deputy of the Democratic Party. “Don’t waste another minute consolidating this shame for the institutions and resign immediately or the mayor will withdraw your powers. Anyone who praises a bloodthirsty dictator is betraying the country that you put so much into your mouth every day. Lucca in the republic of Salò, his mayor and council should know that we will not allow this,” Furfaro thunders. But what did this councilor write?
Well, the Democratic Party of Lucca released some posts praising the Duce that were allegedly published on Facebook by Pisano between 2019 and 2020 and later removed. In one of them, there is a photo of Mussolini wearing a top hat, and you can also read the hashtags “duxmealux”, “masculine elegance”, “man’s elegance”.
In short, another game opens in the Tuscan municipality that intends to become Capital of Culture 2026. A few days ago the case of no to the toponymic nomination of Pertini, with the left on the barricades. However, the mayor of Lucca, Mario Pardini, yesterday presented the evidence, namely two resolutions, which demonstrate that “it was the center-left, with the Tambellini administration, that canceled the name of a street named after Sandro Pertini in 2012, after it had been foreseen by the Favilla City Council since 2009. The center-left’s action was, therefore, a premeditated action that caused serious damage to the city’s image”.
Source: IL Tempo
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