Giorgia Meloni intervenes in the debate that began with the appointment of Geronimo La Russa to the board of directors of the Teatro Piccolo in Milan. The son of the second-highest government official has been appointed to the top job of Milan’s historic cultural institution by Culture Minister Gennaro Sangiuliano. In addition to running his father’s law firm, La Russa Jr., 43, has been chairman of Aci Milano for years and sits on various boards of directors, from MI Stadio, which runs Meazza, to M4.
“Those with a surname should also have opportunities”
“Frankly, I don’t know the story and how the appointment was decided,” the Prime Minister explained. I know Geronimo La Russa as a person who has done various things in his life, and usually not under his father’s instructions. “Dad, I understand that this may be controversial from now on, but I also think that people, regardless of their surname, should have opportunities, otherwise, for example, everyone whose surname is similar to a politician and maybe state-owned companies have come there on recommendation”.
Attack from the Democratic Party: “Strehler and Grassi must be turning in their graves”
There was much criticism of her candidacy from the opposition: “The Prime Minister’s sister in the party, her brother-in-law in the government. Can Senate President Ignazio La Russa stay behind? His colleague from the party, Gennaro Sangiuliano, Minister of the Ministry of Culture, appointed his son as his representative on the board of Piccolo Teatro. Giorgio Strehler and Paolo Grassi will turn in their graves.” Thus Sandro Ruotolo, the cultural director of the Democratic Party.
And there are those in the Nazarene who take this ironically, such as MP Matteo Orfini: “They create the Ministry of Education and Merit – it says in X – and then they appoint La Russa’s son, currently president of the Milan Automobile Club. “He’s on the board of Teatro Piccolo. It would definitely make sense, maybe they’d like to turn it into a car park.”
But one person who is not joking is Angelo Bonelli, the national spokesman for Green Europe, who submitted a parliamentary question to the Minister of Culture to shed light on the issue: “He asks whether Giorgia Meloni is a government or a government.” A dedicated study center for various in-laws and children? “Let’s remember, sobriety can be expected from the family of the Senate president, the second-highest office in the state.”
Children and relatives are constants in the Meloni government
To be honest, relatives are a pretty recurring theme for the current ruler. Obviously the most striking example is the Minister of Agriculture and Food Sovereignty, Francesco Lollobrigida, who is “almost brother-in-law” to the prime minister, as he lives with his sister Arianna, who was appointed leader of the party by Giorgia. . But several “important” surnames appear in sports circles: Filippo Tajani, the son of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, and the very young Marta Giorgetti, daughter of the Minister of Economy and Finance, work in the Football Federation; The other son of the Senate president, Lorenzo La Russa, is on the organizing committee of the Milan Winter Olympics.
Source: Today IT
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