Italy: propose that “Bella ciao” be compulsory and …

A group of Italian deputies presented a bill to transform the anti-fascist song Beautiful goodbye in compulsory for April 25, the day of the celebration of the anniversary of the liberation of Italy. The initiative was criticized by Matteo Salvini and other representatives of the right, as well as by Marco Rizzo, secretary of the Communist Party, who called the law “anti-fascism of parade”.

The project was presented by a group of parliamentarians, mostly from the Democratic Party, and proposes May 25 be interpreted Beautiful goodbye after the italian anthem.

“We finally intend to recognize the obvious institutional character of a hymn which is a popular expression – lived and always in continuous evolution compared to the various historical moments – of the highest values ​​at the base of the birth of the Republic”, argues the text. to the song of the partisans who resisted fascism.

Salvini, leader of the Italian League, criticized the government of Mario Draghi and the Democratic Party for this initiative. “They live on another planet”the politician wrote on his Twitter account. “After the Ius Soli and the new taxes, now they are asking Beautiful goodbye by law, ”he added.

As the newspaper reports Corriere della Sera, the secretary of the Italian Communist Party, Marco Rizzo, also rejected the bill, noting that “it is no coincidence that similar proposals always appear just before an election period”.

“The Democratic Party is the most hypocritical political construct there is. They should be ashamed because These are the same people who voted in the European Parliament for the right-wing motion that equated Communism with Nazism. We don’t want nothing to do with these people and their ready-to-wear antifascismoRizzo criticized.

Benito Mussolini’s niece, Rachele, argued that “It’s a proposal that divides”. “I believe that these gentlemen of the Democratic Party and those who persecute them, the parliamentarians of living Italy, Leu and the others, live on another planet, because it is clear that the problems are other than having a” cantata “and recognize the official status of nice hello they are already singing on April 25, ”complained the niece of the fascist leader.

The bill has the support of Emanuele Fiano, Piero Fassino, Laura Boldrini, Bruno Bossio, Carla Cantone, Roberto Morassut, Ubaldo Pagano and Stefania Pezzopane of the Democratic Party; Michele Anzaldi and Massimo Ungaro, from Italia viva; Alberto Manca from the Five Star Movement and Nicola Stumpo from Leu, among others.