(ANSA) - ROME, June 10 - "The Resistance and Liberation, which have won freedom and democracy in the country, have their roots in the testimony of personalities such as Giacomo Matteotti. The values that the Constitution has managed to bring into our lives were ideal for him to which to devote every commitment and energy. This makes Matteotti an example that still speaks to young people, and encourages all citizens to take care of our Republic ".
This was stated by the President of the Republic, Sergio Mattarella, on the 97th anniversary of the killing of Giacomo Matteotti.
"The Republic - says the Head of State - recalls Giacomo Matteotti, martyr of democracy, on the anniversary of the kidnapping and murder by fascist hitmen after which, in the Chamber of Deputies, he courageously denounced the violence and fraud in the elections of 1924 . Matteotti's last speech marked the dramatic epilogue of the parliamentary life, which was soon definitively suppressed by the regime ".
"Matteotti was a socialist who did not resign himself to the ideological fractures open in his own field - continues Mattarella -. His commitment to labor rights and to the emancipation of the peasant world pushed him, in the native Polesine suaterra, to an open battle with the Fascism from its origins. When he was killed, he was also ready to make public denunciations of the corruption of men very close to Mussolini. But the ruthless squadron action did not give him escape ". (HANDLE).
