Before thanking him he asked for an "exemption".
And in publicly offering an "apology" to his wife, who gave up leading a civil section to allow him to become president of the Court, he raised a topic that is close to his heart: "The gender issue always emerges with the woman who must move back to make room for the man."
Thus begins the inauguration speech of Fabio Roia, from today officially at the helm of the Milanese judges, in the chair that once belonged to Piero Pajardi, Livia Pomodoro, Roberto Bichi.
With an act of apology but also of gratitude and thanks to Adriana Cassano Cicuto, "judge I know very well" and person on whom "I bet my life".
An act that received long applause from the public and which allowed him to touch on one of the topics on which he has been trying to raise public awareness for years.
"For my part - he added - the desire and commitment that in the very near future we can say and do the opposite, through the creation of effective equality of opportunities between women and men in all aspects of society, with the 'man who gives up without frustration in favor of woman.'
At the ceremony, which was held in the main hall of the Palace of Justice, in addition to the many representatives of the institutions present - including the former minister and now president of Copasir, Lorenzo Guerini - many now retired judges, including the former president of the Court of Appeal Marina Tavassi and the former president of the Court of Bergamo, Ezio Siniscalchi, as well as Roberto Bichi.
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