the centre-right’s homage to Craxi-Corriere.it

Over one hundred people expected from Italy to the cemetery of Hammamet, in Tunisia, for a commemoration that this year takes on particular tones. Thursday was the twenty-third anniversary of Bettino Craxi’s death, but the ceremony to remember the figure of the former socialist leader falls over the weekend. A ceremony that pays tribute to Craxi from the centre-right government.

In fact, the group leaders of Forza Italia will be present in Tunisia, Licia Ronzulli and Alessandro Cattaneo, Northern League exponents Nino Germanà and Anastasio Carrà, Ettore Rosato of Italia viva. «Also this year, despite the passage of time and the travails that agitate our lives, there will be many of us who cling to you. We are no longer alone as on that afternoon of January 19, 2000», comments Stefania Craxi on Facebook. The daughter of the historic socialist leader then underlines: «Your memory does not diminish. On the contrary”.

In recent days there have been several testimonials of esteem of exponents of the center-right against Craxi. The deputy prime minister and foreign minister, Antonio Tajani, a few days ago on a visit to Tunis said that he was “unjustly criticized, condemned but then in the end many realized that he was a protagonist in the republican history of our country” . Maurizio Gasparri, Lorenzo Cesa and the former president of the Senate Marcello Pera have also spent their time