« Here I am, I'm here for you, for the first time in a shirt and jacket after over a month ».
Silvio Berlusconi is back, speaking at the Forza Italia convention in Milan with a video recorded from the San Raffaele hospital where he has been hospitalized for a month, welcomed by a standing ovation.
Seated at a desk with a bundle of papers in front of him, two copies of one of his books and a glass of water, in the background a Forza Italia billboard, the tricolor and European flags, the former prime minister gives his speech in a who often and willingly appears tired.
«A few nights ago, here at the San Raffaele, I suddenly woke up with a question in my head that I couldn't get rid of. 'But why am I here? What am I doing here? What am I fighting for here?' . Near me my Martha was watching. I asked her the same question too. 'Why we are here?'. And she told me 'We are here because you have worked so hard, you are working hard to save our democracy and our freedom' . And I want to remind you of this, I also want to tell you what I have thought and gone through, even though I know that doing so will really excite me», said the leader of FI, not without thanking those who were close to him, primarily his political opponents for all the messages of closeness and affection received.
The Cav started in 1993 by telling how he developed the idea of "taking the field" after the Fininvest pollsters had promised him the "victory of the communists" in the upcoming elections.
He then moved on to more topical issues: « We are the essential and loyal pillar of this majority, we are the backbone of this government . This is why we are on the field, to ensure that his decisions are truly correct, fair, balanced. Forza Italia is for us like a secular religion , the religion of freedom that Benedetto Croce spoke of, a religion of the heart, of the mind, a commitment to ourselves, our children, the Italians. Please, let's go on like this, with conviction, enthusiasm, passion. No one will be able to defeat us, you will see that the Italians will consider us their lay saints, the saints of their freedom and well-being . I will be with you with the same enthusiasm and the same commitment as in 1994, the future belongs to our ideas, the future must guarantee us true and complete freedom».
The Meloni government "has brought home results of which we are proud in a few months", added Berlusconi, recalling that the objective must " increase pensions and reduce taxes " and urging a single European military policy, because otherwise "if If China occupied us, we would not be able to counter it".
"Only a great man, a great statesman, a great political leader after a month of hospitalization has the strength to address his family, to Italy with a message that will vindicate our identity," said Antonio Tajani before the video message from the Cav which closed the event. « Berlusconi – he added – is our guide and will be for a long time to come . The effort he made, after a month of hospitalization, to stay with us demonstrates his human greatness and the fact that he is a statesman, a great leader, he is not only our leader but much, much more».
(Unioneonline/L)