Anthem of the USSR for the CGIL in front of Landini. Malan (FdI): «Incredible, he resigns»-Corriere.it

Controversy over the USSR anthem played yesterday in Bologna at the Circolo Arci di San Lazzaro Savena on the occasion of the election of the local secretary of the CGIL. In fact, Maurizio Landini, who is the national secretary of the CGIL, was present at the event. «Landini apologizes and publicly condemns what happened yesterday in Bologna», attacked the group leader of the Brothers of Italy in the Chamber, Tommaso Foti, «it is an offense to the many victims of the Ukrainian people who are fighting for freedom. And Landini, who was present at the event, should immediately distance himself from it”. Foti’s words were joined by those of the president of the senators, Lucio Malan: “Landini clarify or resign. It is unacceptable that the election of the new secretary of the CGIL of Bologna, in the presence of Landini himself, should be greeted by the notes of the Soviet anthem. Provided that the intention was not to celebrate today’s Russia given that in 2000 Vladimir Putin reintroduced it – partially changing the text – as the anthem of the Russian Federation, replacing the Patriotic song of the tsarist era, the national anthem since 1991. It is of an incredible episode. How can we celebrate a dictatorship responsible for millions of deaths, including millions of Ukrainians exterminated by starvation in the Holodomor in the 1930s, totally incompatible with the values ​​of our Republic? We therefore expect an immediate clarification from the CGIL, and no one should think of talking about goliards».