“Remembering means reflecting seriously, with rigorous precision, on what did not work, on system shortcomings, on errors to avoid repeating”. These are the most intense words, in a short and sober speech, uttered by the President of the Republic Sergio Mattarella, tonight just before Donizetti’s Requiem Mass in front of the monumental cemetery of Bergamo in the presence of the 324 mayors of the municipalities of the province, representing of their citizens, for a tribute to those dead who have not even been able to have a funeral for the coronavirus emergency.
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«Remember to become fully aware»
“Remembering first of all means remembering our dead and also means becoming fully aware of what happened. Without giving in to the illusory temptation to put these dramatic months in brackets to resume as before – continued the Head of State -. It also means remembering the value of what has been positive. The extraordinary availability and humanity of doctors, nurses, health personnel, public administrators, women and men of the Civil Protection, military, law enforcement, volunteers. They should be thanked: today and in the future ». Mattarella, accompanied by the Mayor of Bergamo Giorgio Gori and the Lombard Governor Attilio Fontana, shortly before the beginning of the Requiem he visited the cemetery and laid a crown on the plaque in front of the Church of Ognissanti, on which a prayer is engraved in the form of poem by Ernesto Olivero, founder of the Missionary Youth Service. «The road to restart is narrow and uphill. It must be traveled with courage and determination. With tenacity, with obstinacy, with a spirit of sacrifice. They are the qualities of this land, which today speak to all of Italy to say that together we can look to our future with confidence », he added.
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Mattarella promised it on 2 June, one of the toughest Republic Day in Codogno (Lodi) and kept his word to return to the places of pain. And the heart of the President’s message is summed up in a phrase with which he tries to encourage the whole country to roll up its sleeves: «From what happened we have to get out looking ahead. With the will to change and rebuild that other generations have had before ours “. “The only killer is this cursed virus, you won’t find peace by fostering sterile revenge, you won’t overcome today’s difficulties without looking at tomorrow”, he wrote on Fb before arriving Fontana, under escort after they appeared in Milan on walls written by “Fontana assassino”.
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June 28, 2020 (change June 28, 2020 | 9:43 pm)
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