The Senate turns 75. Concert by Gianni Morandi in the Hall and Meloni hums “Get sent by mom”

A long applause welcomed the entry of the President of the Republic Sergio Mattarella in the hall of Palazzo Madama for the ceremony of the 75th anniversary of the first session (May 8, 1948) of the Senate. The head of state sat between Giorgia Meloni And Ignatius LaRussa and listened to the performance of the Inno di Mameli performed by Gianni Morandi. It was only the beginning of the brief ‘concert’ in the packed hall in front of the spectators-parliamentarians. From ‘Get sent by your mother’ to ‘There was a boy’, all the hits of the Emilian singer also hummed by the premier and marked by the clapping of the hands of the parliamentarians-spectators.

“I’ve sung in many places in my life, a little everywhere. But here it’s the first time and there’s a bit of emotion. I wanted to tell you that when the Senate was born, on May 8, 1948, I was already there, I was already three years old”, Gianni Morandi said excitedly after singing ‘Un mondo d’amore’ and ‘Apri tutte le porte’. “It affects me to sing the song ‘There was a boy’ because when it came out – he said – it was the subject of a parliamentary question, because it condemned a friendly country, the United States, for the war in Vietnam. It affects me because for fortunately today these censorships are no longer there”. Then singing ‘Caruso’ Morandi wanted to remember his “dearest friend” Lucio Dalla “who looks at us and is having a laugh – he commented – When I started singing he wasn’t singing yet, think Giorgia Meloni also hums it among the benches. Less shy and who let themselves go more to the notes of morandi, insteadm i’m the leader of iv Matthew Renzithe former group leader Pd Simon Malpezzi and the chairman of the Rai Supervisory Commission Barbara Florida.

The stamp issued for the 75th anniversary of the first sitting

The celebrations for the 75th anniversary of the first session of the Republican Senate opened with the presentation of a postage stamp and a 5 euro coin, issued by the Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato. It is a double philatelic issue: in fact, the stamp comes in a double guise, both as a single stamp and enclosed in a special “sheet”. It has a circulation of about 300,000 copies and is round in format (once detached from its support, since it is self-adhesive). It is valid for ordinary mail sent to Italy and shows a detail of the classroom with the presidency desks. The leaflet, in the center of which the round stamp stands out, also shows the rest of the Hall of Palazzo Madama in Rome; with the inscriptions “Per suffragio di popolo” and “A garrison of public liberties” at the top and bottom. The circulation of the “sheet” is approximately 200,000 copies. The explanatory bulletin accompanying the issue is signed by the president of the Senate Ignatius LaRussa. “I felt this celebration as necessary – added the president of the Senate – because 75 years ago, with the first session of the Senate, the people returned sovereign and master of their destiny. The senators went to honor freedom and the values ​​that are inherent in the Constitution, which we want not only to remember but also to honor and respect”, commented the president of the Senate. That he then gave Morandi the bell with which the sessions are guided.

The commemorative coin

“For such an important anniversary of the Senate of the Republic, the State, with the 2023 numismatic collection, has foreseen the issue of a coin dedicated to the event”, explained the Undersecretary for Economy and Finance Lucia Albano during the presentation in Sala Maccari of the commemorative coin on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the first session of the Senate.