Senate, ok to the emergency procedure for the bill on the celebrations of the centenary of Matteotti’s death

Unanimously approved. After the Chamber, the Senate (with 137 votes in favour) also gave the green light to the urgent procedure for the bill establishing the celebrations for the hundredth anniversary of the death of Giacomo Matteotti, the socialist deputy kidnapped and killed on June 10, 1924 by a fascist squad. The provision was strongly backed by the senator for life Liliana Segrethe first signatory of the bill.

The objective of the document approved by Palazzo Madama is to streamline and speed up the procedures for organizing, in 2024, conferences, educational and training initiatives, archival digitization and various types of events that promote the memory of Matteotti, particularly in places where which he was the protagonist.

For example, among the projects already presented (and which will be evaluated and selected by a commission created ad hoc) there is that relating to the House Museum of Fratta Polesine (in the province of Rovigo) which should be assigned a particular economic endowment, in addition and for the promotion of events, to support maintenance and restoration interventions necessary for the public use of the museum itself.

In recent months, the Matteotti case ended up in the affair linked to Claudius Anastasiusformer president of 3-I spawho had to resign from the post assigned to him by the Meloni government after that Republic he had made known an email to the board of directors in which he quoted the speech of Benito Mussolini in Parliament in the aftermath of the assassination of Giacomo Matteotti.

“This provision will help to know and disseminate the story of this glorious martyr of Italy: namely that in the last 100 years of national history, men like him have contributed to making this country and its democratic fabric great”, commented the group leader to Senate of the Green and Left Alliance Peppe de Cristofaro. And the senator of Forza Italia Marco Occhiuto he added: “From his entry to Montecitorio and to the secretariat of the Unitary Socialist Party, Matteotti’s life tells of his commitment to the fight against fascism but also his idea of ​​politics as pedagogy. From his example, great human lessons come down to us policies that we must preserve”.