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The letter to Meloni: the full text

“Dear President, dear Giorgia, after much thought, in painful days full of hatred towards me by a certain political media system, I have decided to irrevocably resign as Minister of Culture.

As you recently mentioned, we are doing great things, and I say this as a political and human community to which I feel I belong. I am proud of the results achieved on cultural policies in these almost two years of government. Starting from having put an end to the all-Italian shame of museums and cultural sites closed during the holiday periods, having increased in just one year the number of visitors to museums (up 22 percent) and their takings (up 33 percent).

In December, Palazzo Citterio will open in Milan, purchased by the ministry in the early 1970s and then left unused for decades. Major projects such as the former Albergo dei Poveri in Naples, the expansion of the Uffizi in other locations and the investment in the Venice Biennale are well underway. For the first time in Italy, major exhibitions have been organized on authors and historical figures that the left had ignored for ideological reasons. I am also aware that I have touched a sensitive nerve and attracted a lot of enmity by choosing to review the system of contributions to cinema, seeking greater efficiency and less waste.

This work cannot be tainted and above all stopped by gossip issues. Institutions are too high a value and must not submit to the reasons of individuals. I need personal tranquility, to be next to my wife whom I love, but above all to have a free hand to act in all legal venues against those who have caused me this damage, starting with an imminent complaint to the Public Prosecutor’s Office, which I intend to present.

My honor is at stake here and I believe it is important to be able to act to demonstrate my absolute transparency and correctness, without involving the Government. Never has a single euro from the ministry been spent on improper activities. I have said it and I will demonstrate it in every venue. Not only that. I will get to the bottom of it to verify whether different interests have contributed to the affair and I will take action against those who have published fake news in recent days.

Gennaro Sangiuliano”