The vacation of Nicola Fratoianni at the Lido Vip in Salento has created quite a stir on social media. The criticism of the secretary of Italian Left as well as deputy of the Greens and Left Alliance is predictable, almost expected: he himself, the champion of workers’ rights, the proletarian politician, indulges in the luxury of an umbrella and two sunbeds at 70 euros per day at Togo Bay Beach in Torre Lapillo?
Down with insults, divided between many “haters” and some disappointed and bitter supporters. A wave of criticism that also forced Lady Fratoianni, Elisabetta Piccolotti, to intervene publicly to defend her partner (meaning husband).
While photos of Fratoianni in swimwear and with a drink in hand go viral online, the Avs deputy intercepted on the sidelines of a conference at the Venice Film Festival explains to Corriere della Sera: “He has a friend who was having a birthday and who told him: ‘Come, we are spending a day at the beach’. There is even a post from a deputy (Augusta Montaruli, ed) convicted of embezzlement because she improperly used public funds, who dares to attack Fratoianni because for one day he went to the beach with a friend who was celebrating a birthday and who had invited him. It seems the scandal is the 70 euros cost of the sunbed, which divided between the two friends is 35 euros. These prices are more or less in line with those in Salento.”
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A controversy, he replies, “completely pretextual and without any basis. We have always fought for at least 30 percent of free beaches in Italy. There is no contradiction between going one day to celebrate a friend’s birthday, who invited you, and the fight for the beaches.”
Then the conspiratorial jab: “These are the controversies made to try to destroy the credibility of people who fight for the common good. Because you cannot think that there are parliamentarians who fight for workers’ rights, for environmental protection, for a fairer tax system and who cannot, for one day, go to the beach with a friend.” Congratulations for the staunch defense. When the news spread of an expensive Tesla as the Fratoianni family car, the SI leader shifted everything onto his wife: “The car is registered to her”.
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