Among Northern League ministers who choose not to celebrate Liberation Day, controversies within the Government on the very meaning of this anniversary and squalid demonstrations by neo-fascist fans in Piazzale Loreto, the President of the Republic, Sergio Mattarella, takes a clear position and indicates the road to follow. “Young people should make constitutional values their own – said the Head of State on the eve of Liberation Day – The celebration of 25 April stimulates us to reflect on how our country was able to rise again after the tragedy of the Second World War. A real second resurgence”.
According to Mattarella, “knowing the tragedy, the memory of which is still alive, helps us understand the many sufferings that are consumed at the gates of Europe involving peoples close to us. In many localities the women and men, civilians and soldiers, the priests who contributed to the redemption of our country are remembered”.
Meanwhile, on Wednesday in Milan, near Piazzale Loreto - a symbol of the Resistance, where the remains of 15 partisans and the Duce himself were exhibited - a handful of the group of Lazio ultras "Irriducibili" displayed a banner with the inscription: "Honor to Benito Mussolini". To accompany the skit, of course, also Roman greetings and coded passwords.
But fortunately in Italy the apology of Fascism is not allowed. Therefore, the investigations by the Digos of Milan and Rome, coordinated by the head of the Milanese anti-terrorism pool, Alberto Nobili, were launched, which led to the identification of the head of the Lazio ultras, 18 other Irriducibili and three Inter supporters. For the 22 identified ultras, the crime is that of a "fascist demonstration", provided for by article 5 of the 1952 Scelba Law.
"Idiots who instead of going to see a football match go around making noise", commented the Minister of the Interior, Matteo Salvini, carefully avoiding distancing himself explicitly from the neo-fascist contents of the demonstration.
The SS Lazio, on the other hand, has released an official note to "clearly distance itself from behaviors and events that do not respond in any way to the values of sport supported and promoted by the company for 119 years".
