Dear fellow citizens My first thoughts are with the victims of the terrible earthquake of Abruzzo and injured survivors in the body but also the wounded soul, as they do all their maybe accumulated assets into a life of sacrifice.
I express the hope of healing the wounded and I invite everyone to give their contribution to the reconstruction. I thank the mayor Alessandrini for the initiative taken to of Castelnuovo. I hope that the reconstruction healthy even the wounds of the soul in a reasonable time and that justice take its course responabilità of identifying those with poorly constructed houses and public offices in defiance of existing rules in that earthquake. With this in mind
justice because the exercise of justice and respect for the rules that a state is democratic and not authoritarian because they are the starting point to avoid the explosion of social dramas and rebellions that are basis of struggles and wars that nations should suffer. Justice is the basis on which peace and it is no use crying about the atrocities of war if we do not fight to prevent them operating with justice.
The liberation struggle against fascism and Nazism should be seen as a necessary and inevitable end point to combat the abuses and injustices that the Italian people had to suffer in the years preceding the war and during the war itself.
After July 23 to 43 with the fall of fascism, the Italian people, the vast majority had made his choice. to close the chapter of a senseless war based on the madness of dictators who thought of conquering the world against everything and everyone.
their destructive madness then brought them to the absurd decision to cause further damage by the Nazis occupied Italy and the fascists creating the republic of Salò.
decisions were so serious as serious was the decision of the new government Badoglio to leave Rome and take refuge in southern Italy. At that point most of our troops tied to the oath of allegiance to the country represented by the monarchy at that time had no alternative but to fight against the Nazi invaders and against the crumbling republic of Salò totally unconstitutional in light of the Statute Albertine. military fugitives in the mountains joined young people thirsty for justice and freedom, and thanks to their allies could hasten the end of the war.
began a bloody struggle and, as in all wars, there were bloody episodes from both sides but the fact remains that a party was fighting against the abuses of Nazi-fascism to freedom and a new course of history based on democracy and justice as was shown after April 25 of the 45 days that we celebrate today, and that in fact marks the 'beginning of a new course culminated with the promulgation of the Italian constitution of essays by people belonging to all ideologies in a spirit of freedom and justice.
began a bloody struggle and, as in all wars, there were bloody episodes from both sides but the fact remains that a party was fighting against the abuses of Nazi-fascism to freedom and a new course of history based on democracy and justice as was shown after April 25 of the 45 days that we celebrate today, and that in fact marks the 'beginning of a new course culminated with the promulgation of the Italian constitution of essays by people belonging to all ideologies in a spirit of freedom and justice.
If we think back to this path, we realize the absurdity of the bill under discussion since 1360 n November 12 2008 to the defense committee of the room, a law that proposes the establishment of an "order of the flag" chaired by the President, and that denial of evidence comes from a perspective of history.
In fact, it wants to equate the militia of the Social Republic during the resistance to the partisans who fought against fascism and Nazism, indiscriminately assigning them the title of "knight".
argues in the prologue, which between 1943 and 1945 in Italy fought two separate armies of "equal dignity": one consisting of those who "felt the honorable choice to defend the regime, and wounded languishing", and another format from those who remained faithful to their oath to the Italian government, in progress or completed by the tragedy culturally aware of the current conflict at the global level, sided by the other party, "liberating".
To equate, confuse them, the values \u200b\u200bof freedom, justice and democracy for which they fought the partisans and the Allied powers, with the aims of the Fascist and Nazi totalitarianism, which wanted to build a "new European order" based on supremacy 'race', discrimination and enslavement of peoples deemed inferior and the extermination of entire communities, it is not acceptable.
Offend the families of victims of fascism, which are likely to see their families assigned to the same recognition given to those who have tortured and killed.
denies dignity to those who have fought for democracy in Italy to prevail against those who systematically and bloody preordinatamente the country.
Lede principles and ideals fundamental human and political values \u200b\u200bon which the Italian Republic founded by the repudiation of fascism.
The "national reconciliation" can not be prosecuted equate strength and social republic, the partisans' struggle for freedom and fight the Republicans to deny freedom.
After the armistice, and during the liberation war by the German invasion, the Government of the Kingdom of Italy had taken refuge in southern Italy regularly active and fulfilled his duties to ensure the legal continuity of the Italian state. the Republic of Salò had therefore no legitimacy. it follows that its members, volunteers or hired, may not be comparable to members of the Italian army, nor his survivors may have, as such, no recognition by the Italian republic. this course apart from the respect due to the dead belong to any party.
end with the words of the President of the room on. Gianfranco Fini in his inauguration:
"To celebrate the newfound freedom of our people and the centrality of work in the economy is a duty which no one can escape, especially if we want to live 25 April and 1 May as days where are honored and shared values \u200b\u200btruly felt as alive and vital by all Italians. "
These are the only words of reconciliation that we share and reiterate that, if any were needed, that April 25 is the feast of all Italians.
In this sense I hoped that this event there are representatives of all parties and the flags of all parties who recognize nell'antifascismo and values \u200b\u200bof justice, freedom and democracy that it represents.
President ANPI section of Segrate
Fernando Cristofori
