Appeasement (Violante style) according to La Russa
What the president of the Senate, Ignazio La Russa, said on national peace, sending weapons to Ukraine and cutting the number of parliamentarians. Paola Sacchi's note
He claims, as he had already done, the need for "a small space to express one's opinions and I will be slightly partial to the oppositions", "otherwise I would be here like a traffic light directing traffic", jokes. But the main message of Ignazio La Russa, president of the Senate, in his first Christmas greetings to the parliamentary press , is entirely institutional and very unitary on a political level: "We still need national peacemaking".
An immediate concrete act for La Russa lies in the invitation to the majority and the opposition to follow the "comet star of the national interest" for the approval of the Budget Law. He urges: “There are times when it is necessary to follow it. Going to the provisional exercise would damage Italy's image”.
As for national reconciliation still to be pursued because, he recalls, that "we are in some way in an interminable post-war period", the first exponent of the right to hold the role of second position in the state (the other was Gianfranco Fini who was third position, as Speaker of the Chamber), answering a question about April 25th and the headline of "a Piedmontese newspaper (slight irony in La Stampa , ed .) which did not reflect my thoughts contained in the text", after recalling the "milestone" of the of Fiuggi made with Fini, claims his homage to the Partisans for 25 April.
He recalls: "As Defense Minister I went to the Milan Cemetery, where there is a marble statue dedicated to the Partisans, and I brought a huge bouquet of flowers, my recognition of those who gave their lives to regain freedom". He underlines: "I refer exactly to the thought of Luciano Violante when he was president of the Chamber who expressed his wish for peace". For La Russa "the hope now is that the time is ripe for you to walk faster". But he also stigmatizes episodes at the April 25 celebrations, such as those against "the Jewish Brigade which was poorly tolerated, can you imagine what would happen if I went there?". And he underlines that it is right to pay homage to all the Partisans, "even the white ones".
La Russa then sends a hopeful message of unity in parliament for the overcoming of the basic income which from a "welfare" measure passes to a "support" measure with a balanced comparison between all the positions in the field. No one will be abandoned." Net on support for Ukraine: peace is needed but “peace is not made by leaving behind injustices. It is necessary to help Kiev otherwise there will not be a just peace”. And on the sending of arms "parliament is sovereign".
As for the reduction in the number of parliamentarians, he admits: “We've made half a hole in the water. There is certainly a saving, but greater savings were needed”. On Qatargate he argues that the antidote rather than laws and regulations is "political passion, high politics". He jokes when asked if his high office weighs on him: “Like a boulder. I guess for the First Charge”.
Then, a reference to the former MSI, informally with the reporters during the toast: "You won't believe it, but it was the most democratic party: we voted for everything, it was the national council that also decided the place on the list".
This is a machine translation from Italian language of a post published on Start Magazine at the URL https://www.startmag.it/mondo/ignazio-la-russa-pacificazione-nazionale/ on Thu, 22 Dec 2022 06:28:30 +0000.