Giuseppe Conte, we don’t want him. The former prime minister has been selected to deliver the official oration for the 82nd anniversary of the massacre of Sant’Anna di Stazzema, next August 12, but now a petition has emerged to prevent Conte from giving the speech.
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«The undersigned citizens express – thus begins Simone Lazzeri, the promoter of the petition on Change.org – firm dissent regarding the choice of Hon. Giuseppe Conte as official speaker for the commemoration of the massacre on August 12, 2026, considering this designation in deep contradiction with the historical and moral values that the National Peace Park represents». Not anti-fascist enough.
«Sant’Anna di Stazzema is the universal symbol of resistance against brutal Nazi-fascist aggression and the defense of the freedom of oppressed peoples. Today, Ukraine faces a similar imperialist and authoritarian aggression that threatens the sovereignty of a free nation. In this context, the political positions expressed by Hon. Conte, aimed at interrupting the supply of weapons to Ukraine and thus hindering its legitimate right to self-defense, openly contrast with the moral duty of solidarity towards those fighting for their survival against oppression».
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Currently, the petition has gathered 367 signatures and the oration has also been opposed by the president of the Liberal Democratic party, Andrea Marcucci, who sees in the leader of the 5 Star Movement the expression of positions that «end up mitigating the responsibilities of those who continue to strike civilians in Ukraine». Let’s return to the request. «We consider it unacceptable that on the churchyard of Sant’Anna, a place consecrated to the memory of those who suffered the horror of military subjugation, someone who, in fact, proposes to leave a people victim of a similar violent aggression defenseless, should speak». Hence the request. «The immediate revocation of the invitation to Hon. Giuseppe Conte for the oration on August 12».
