Francesco Giubilei’s farewell to Minister Sangiuliano: “I did it for reasons of opportunity”

Francesco Giubilei has resigned as adviser to Culture Minister Gennaro Sangiuliano.

The choice following the report that appeared in il Foglio of a contribution of 46 thousand euros from the Ministry of Culture for a project for “interventions on the archives of political movements and workers’ representative bodies” to the Tatarella Foundation, chaired by Francesco Giubilei, the young adviser to Minister Sangiuliano decided to leave office “for reasons of expediency”.

The motivations published precisely in Il Foglio da Giubilei are the following: «The Tatarella Foundation, like other similar institutions, participates in the tender of the Directorate General for Archives on the implementation of projects concerning interventions to be carried out on the archives of political movements and bodies representing workers or their representatives, at least since 2020 and the funding obtained over the years is average compared to other organizations of the same type. It should be noted that the Commission which selects the beneficiaries of these contributions is a Technical Commission and is chaired by the manager of Service II of the Directorate General for Archives. It also includes 4 officials from the same Directorate. Each project, before being admitted to funding, requires an opinion from the competent archival superintendency for the Region. I communicate – concludes Giubilei – that, in any case, for reasons of opportunity, to continue the activity of president of the Tatarella Foundation, I have resigned from the position of adviser to the Minister of Culture Gennaro Sangiuliano”.