Ignazio La Russa on the bust of Mussolini ““My father left it for me, I will never throw it away”

«I am always painted – he added – like the one that has the bust of the Duce. I have it, my father left it to me. I would have kept Mao Zedong’s too. Are we really as they paint us? If Tatarella kept me in mind, it means that the others are wrong ». This was stated by the president of the Senate Ignazio La Russa during the conference in memory of Pinuccio Tatarella, organized by the Tatarella Foundation in the Senate. “I often feel inadequate for the role of president of the Senate”, he added, “it is little if I consider myself, but it is a lot if I compare myself”.

Then the memory of Tatarella: «Tatarella had an indissoluble bond with Fini, not always made up of only roses, sometimes there were also a few thorns and I was the one who had to somehow bring the thorns back to the role of a simple goad, even if I was younger than Pinuccio but older than Gianfranco. Pinuccio was able to find the tactical solution, suitable for the moment».