“I distanced myself from Sgarbi” – Corriere.it

Three questions, three solicitations: all to ask for the resignation of Undersecretary for Culture Vittorio Sgarbi for his foul language on June 21 at the Maxxi museum in Rima. His minister, Gennaro Sangiuliano rejects all three. “I will ask the director of the museum Alessandro Giuli for an explanation,” he replies to Berruto of the Democratic Party. “I strongly believe in the role of women and I am honored to serve a female prime minister and in fact I have clearly distanced myself from Undersecretary Sgarbi” he tries to evade the request of Luana Zanella of the Green and Left Alliance. No request gets the desired result, but the interrogators do not give up. “Minister write a letter to the premier asking to remove the undersecretary”, in fact, Elisabetta Piccolotti charms, adding: “The female premier has not said a word about this episode”.

The minister collects and does not take a step back. “At Maxxi Morgano found a shoulder in Sgarbi who not even with Bugo in Sanremo, said Berruto to whom Minister Sangiuliano gave a literary answer:” I have put away three copies of the Neapolitan mystery novel by Ermanno Rea, I will give him a copy ” , but this answer remained sibylline. Sangiuliano put a lot of energy into declaiming respect for freedom of expression “which however stops in front of foul language and vulgarity” and in remarking “my respect for women who in recent days have been recognized by many Rai journalists even from a different political side than mine”. And so what? “I am a non-violent person and I cannot do violence to Undersecretary Sgarbi”. End of answers.

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