The opposition demands that the head of the Italian government fire Galeazzo Bignami after an image of him was broadcast at a party with the bracelet of the Third Reich
First conflict for the Italian Prime Minister because of the impossibilities of members of her cabinet. And especially because they fall like a real bombshell in a party that Europe looks at with some caution because of its far-right affiliation. Galeazzo Bignami, appointed this Monday as the new Deputy Minister of Infrastructure, has made the cover of the news when a photo of him was discovered at a party with a Nazi bracelet on his left arm. The photo, which shows him wearing a black shirt and tie, was taken in 2005 in a “private context”, which has not prevented an outpouring of criticism from the opposition.
Lawyer, 47 years old, Bignami, has been a far-right deputy until joining Giorgia Meloni’s cabinet. Born in Bologna, the politician in his youth joined the National Alliance, a re-establishment of the Italian social movement of post-fascist affiliation. He later went to Forza Italia, a party led by Silvio Berlusconi, and in 2019 he left to join Brothers of Italy. Bignani has expressed shame and has confirmed that he has had to apologize “more than once” for the photo, which shows the SS bracelet holding a glass in his right hand, which was taken at a bachelorette party. In a statement Tuesday, the deputy minister condemned “all forms of totalitarianism, liberticide and anti-democratic expressions” and confirmed that Nazism is “absolutely evil”.
His statement, however, has not calmed the opposition’s “outrage”. Marco Furfaro, a Democratic Party deputy, believes that Bignami’s stance is incompatible with his position in the Italian government and warns Giorgia Meloni that keeping him is an “insult, an indecency against the constitution, memory , history and for the victims of the swastika.The Mayor of Naples, Luigi de Magistris, has also demanded that the Prime Minister reverse the appointment with the following message: “This photo is as disgusting as it is disgusting when this figure shows a the Republic.” Meloni has a few hours to decide what to do in light of the controversy, as confirmation of the allegations is scheduled for this Wednesday.
Source: La Verdad
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