The Lombard councilor of the Democratic Party against the national mourning for Berlusconi: “Unacceptable party choice”

«State funerals are one thing, because they are required by law, and proper condolences to the family, instead it is another to decide on national mourning, which has never been done for a Prime Minister who has not also been President of the Republic . I don’t agree with that.” Paolo Romano is regional councilor of the Democratic Party at Palazzo Pirelli and says he is against the decision to proclaim national mourning following the death of Forza Italia President Silvio Berlusconi.

A thought, published today on social media, for which “I have already received many messages of support not only from other members of the Democratic Party, but also from many ordinary citizens, who find themselves in my words – adds Romano – among these above all many women, who have suffered Berlusconi’s story about them over the years, often considered stickers, for example in his programs on Mediaset, often selected only for their aesthetics, not to mention all the sexist phrases against them, such as those unfortunately famous on Angela Merkel or on Rosy Bindi. This patriarchal narrative carried out for twenty years has caused indescribable damage to Italian society”.

For these reasons, the councilor dem turns directly to the Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni: “It is a decision of a political party – explains Romano – who also forgets who Berlusconi was, who was, for example, also convicted of tax fraud for hundreds of millions of euros to the detriment of us citizens. Proclaiming national mourning is unacceptable not only for those people who have not shared his political choices but also for all those Italians who have not shared his vision of the world”.