(ANSA) - ROME, JUN 21 - "The Republic celebrates today the 247th anniversary of the foundation of the Guardia di Finanza. which the epidemiological emergency has profoundly changed the life of our community. This is testified by the gold medal for Civil Valor which this year the Corps flag was awarded, motivated by the expertise and self-denial shown by the Guardia di Finanzin in managing the emergency health due to Covid-19 ". The President of the Republic, Sergio Mattarella, writes in a message sent to the Commander General of the Guardia di Finanza, General of the Army Corps Giuseppe Zafarana.
"From the feedback on production and industrial activities to interventions to counter economic and financial offenses - which in this difficult moment amplify their damaging effect on the healthy tissue of the economy - to incorrect commercial practices, to the illicit marketing of health products, medicines and individual protection devices, Fiamme Gialle - underlines the head of state - have been on the front line ".
"Citizens - he adds - look to a Guardia di Finanzasalda in its moral principles, a Police Force capable of expressing a concrete spirit of service in favor of the community even in emergencies: from interventions at sea in the wake of refugees to those in the mountains of the Alpine Rescue, to transport of doctors, nurses and tons of medical supplies carried out, in the areas most affected by the health emergency, with aircraft and boats belonging to the naval aircraft component of the Corps. An all-out commitment - concludes Mattarella -, for which the Republic is grateful to women and men of the Fiamme Gialle, on duty and incongedo, and to their families. A special thought goes to many financiers who have fallen and injured over time.Long live the Republic! ". (ANSA).
