It will be, as explained by Antonio Tajani, that that of Minister Musumeci was a “general call” that did not have the only ones as the object celebrations of April 25thbut all the ceremonies in the context of national mourning. The fact is that between denied patrons and reduction of the celebrations, Today the one promises to be a party with tones very subdued in many municipalities. To this, then, is added the fear of clashes in the squares. In Milan, for example, where the young Palestinians have announced that they want to conquer the head of the procession. “We are obviously worried. I only say that those who intend to ruin the party makes a favor only to the right ». To say it is Primo Minelli, president of Anpi Milan, responding to the announcement of the young Palestinians that he wants to conquer the head of the procession. “There are rules,” replies the Jewish brigade, “that they arrive,” adds the brigade referring to the young Palestinians, “who have no title regarding the Second World War and want to pass in front of everyone, already outlined what kind of people they are. People who have neither education nor respect for those who have been deported and fought the liberation war “concludes the director of the Museum of the Jewish brigade Davide Romano. A scheme that also repeats itself in Rome: in Porta San Paolo, a symbol of the Capitoline resistance, both the Palestinian young people and the Jewish brigade are expected. Last year the event ended with the launch of objects between Filopalestinese demonstrators and others from the Jewish brigade. If on the one hand the ANPI is committed to cooling the spirits in Milan, in Orbetello he takes to the streets against the decision of the mayor Andrea Casementi to “deny the patronage” to the celebrations of April 25. To report the choice of the first citizen is the provincial secretary of the Democratic Party: “It is a very serious and unworthy gesture, which offends the historical memory of our country and tramples the founding values of the Republic”, writes Giacomo Term in a note.
“To deny a space to the ANPI means trying to erase history, to hide the truth, to dishonor those who gave life for Italy,” adds the secretary. To condemn the decision of the first citizen of Orbetello is also the deputy Pd Marco Simiani who asks for the intervention of the Minister of the Interior: «It is a very serious and incomprehensible decision by the municipal council of Orbetello. A choice that creates a dangerous precedent and that undermines the founding values of our democracy. I do not intend to enter into the merits of the reasons, which have not been clarified to date, but it is a fact that a coalition that denies the possibility of publicly celebrating the freedoms sanctioned by the Italian Constitution in Orbetello. For this reason I will present a parliamentary question to the Minister of the Interior “, announces the deputy Pd. Elsewhere, as in the municipality of Genazzano, in the province of Rome, the mayor canceled the celebrations with the music band. Another case in Domodossola, city of the resistance gold medal, where the mayor canceled the procession that should have paraded in the city center. The President of the National Anpi, Gianfranco Pagliarulo, defines as “useless” the reference to the sobriety that came from the government: “Sobriety does not mean silence but good and measure, characteristics of every 25 April”, says Pagliarulo, “the liberation festival is not a ghiribizzo but an institutional event, created with a law of the state. If it is the grape festival, the appeal to sobriety is an account: in this case there was absolutely no need ». And for Nicola Fratoianni, leader of the Italian left, “certain mayors seem to be the caricatures of Sturmtruppen”. He rejects the invitation of the Carlo Calenda government: «I do not take sobriety lessons from a post-fascist, from Musumeci I do not take sobriety lessons. He learned about the anti -fascist without problems, “explains the former minister. The comparison also lights up in the classrooms of Parliament, on the occasion of the celebration of the eightieth anniversary of the liberation.
It happens even before the start of the interventions, when President Ignazio La Russa opened the work speaking sitting on his bench. A lack of respect, for the oppositions, who replied, immediately standing on the senator of Italy Viva, Raffaella Paita. “Then you will have to stand while all the others speak,” says the Russian to the Senators standing: «I have not allowed myself to stand for this, but if you prefer, that’s fine. It seems to me an out of place controversy ». The interventions, then, highlight the different approach of coalitions to the appointment with April 25. Maurizio Gasparri, senator of Forza Italia, citing Silvio Berlusconi declines the Feast of Liberation as “Feast of Freedom against every dictatorship, against any totalitarianism”. No more and not only as a “festival of liberation from Nazi -fascism”, in short. A declination that the center -left rejects. “On April 25, he must be part of the collective memory of those who chose to take sides on the right part of the story, which recognizes how the facts went, that is, that there has been an anti -fascist struggle that is the founding of our Republic”, underlines the group leader of the Democratic Party, Chiara Braga, during the celebrations in the Chamber. Center -left who will be in the symbolic places of the Resistance tomorrow. Before moving to Milan for the procession, Elly Schlein will be in Marzabotto, on Mount Sole, where the Nazi -fascists made one of the most heinous massacres of the entire employment period, christening 1,830 people, most civilians. Giuseppe Conte will go to the Mausoleum of the Fosse Ardeatine in the morning, where the Nazis shot 335 political prisoners. The leaders of AVS, Nicola Fratoianni and Angelo Bonelli will participate in the procession of Milan as well as Riccardo Magi who will bring with him the flags with the logo of the referendum on citizenship. The leader of action, Carlo Calenda, will instead honor the fallen of the allied troops by going to the Anglo -American cemetery of Testaccio, in Rome.