Fascina, the unknown deputy who has become the Knight’s silent companion

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She was the last companion of Silvio Berlusconi , constantly beside him throughout the period of hospitalization and in his last moments at San Raffaele. Called “wife” by the founder of Forza Italia even though the ritual had consecrated their union (private ceremony at Villa Gernetto in Lesmo in March 2022) they had been a symbolic wedding, a “non-marriage”. TO Martha Fascinate (income declared in 2022 of 101 thousand euros) in the will the former prime minister reserved a bequest from 100 million euros (30 went to the historical friend Marcello Dell’Utri): “For the good I loved them and for what they wanted me,” Berlusconi wrote. It remains to be seen whether there will be the usufruct of a part of the historic villa San Martino in Arcore, the estate where the two went through the lockdown together with the Covid that had also affected the Cavaliere and where she has her residence.

The Ghost Candidate

Born in 1990, born in Melito di Porto Salvo (Reggio Calabria) but raised in Portici, Fascina (full name Marta Antonia), profession “press officer” in the official profile of Montecitorio, appears for the first time in the official role of Berlusconi’s girlfriend on the cover of “Chi” in August 2020: the two walk hand in hand. But the political debut dates back to 2018, when her name appears at the last moment in the proportional list of Forza Italia in an armored position (in two multi-member districts, North Naples and South Naples). Many are also surprised within the party: she is unknown, during the electoral campaign she becomes the “ghost candidate”. After all, in Portici in 2013 she had run for municipal elections on the list of the People of Freedom, gaining just 58 votes. Five years later she arrives in the Chamber of Deputies. Same scheme in 2022: re-election (but this time in Sicily).

Rare interviews, few statements

He remains a silent figure: rare interviews can be found in the archives and there are few statements. You have always been present next to the leader and in the top of the party you have been one of the promoters of the government turn of the Azzurri against the Ronzulli wing. After the death of the historic party leader, rumors had circulated about a possible role for her in Forza Italia. With the hypothesis that the Cavaliere’s companion may, perhaps at the request of the Berlusconi family, have a role in the new Fi is an unknown factor that shakes the waters a lot.