(ANSA) - ORVIETO (TERNI), 21 JAN - The councilor Angela Maria Sartini (already suspended by the League) immediately revoked the delegations assigned to her in the municipal council of Orvieto after she published a photo of Hitler smiling and on the phone on her personal Facebook profile with the words "ciaoMario I wanted to congratulate you". This was announced by mayor Roberta Tardani, who leads a center-right executive. This has always explained on Fb that the decision was taken "in the light of the intolerable and inappropriate post".
"You can not share and criticize the decisions of a government - wrote Tardani - but what has been published cannot be tolerated or justified and I do not want us to be minimally approached to this administration and in any way to the history and image of our city. a confrontation with the League and the other majority political forces, I will deal with the powers previously assigned to the councilor Sartini ".
For the now former councilor, the Umbria League had already ordered "immediate suspension" from the party. "We believe the post - underlined the party - completely inappropriate and bad taste. Even legitimate dissent with respect to the decisions made by the Government cannot and must never go beyond common sense.
It is even more serious to bring up such painful pages of history.
In the next few days, the regional executive will meet the same councilor for a discussion. "
Reached by ANSA, Sartini had said he did not want to comment on the post, which was then removed.
The councilor had the powers for policies and social services, family, school, education and training , young people and the future, equal opportunities and gender policies. (ANSA).