The will of the people may be imperfect; after all, it was the people who wanted fascism, not the fascist revolution. There was the March on Rome, later sanctified by the people . The people made a mistake, but there is no remedy other than trusting the will of the people, which is the highest value of democracy.
There has been a storm over the words of Senate President Ignazio La Russa, spoken in the Milan City Council chamber at an event 'Young People with a Healthy and Robust Constitution' attended by several students .
"Questioning the people's ability to choose and decide, and saying, 'The people were wrong,' and saying so when it's convenient, as Zagrebelsky does, is a resounding mistake," the second-highest official in the state gives a brief history lesson. "Anyone who wants to set themselves up as judges of the popular will is the most anti-democratic person there is. It's like saying there are good decisions when I like them and bad decisions when I say so. No, that's not the case; we must accept the popular will, and then history will decide whether it's right or wrong."
The opposition is protesting. Avs speaks of "the absolution of a dictatorship ." "Fascism," argues Angelo Bonelli , "did not come to power with the free consent of Italians. It got there through squadrismo, with the burning of party, union, and cooperative headquarters, with the March on Rome, and a mandate granted by the king under the threat of violence ." For Bonelli, La Russa's words are "even more serious because the President of the Senate went before high school students, at an initiative dedicated to the Constitution, to claim that fascism was desired by the people. It is a falsification of history, serious in itself, and even more serious because it was uttered by the second highest official of the state in front of young men and women."
The Milan Democratic Party (PD) also attacked: "A false reconstruction, delivered in the place that represents Milan, the Gold Medal of the Resistance, in front of young people who deserve to know the truth about our past so as not to repeat its mistakes," reads a statement from the Democratic Party group in the city council.
"How dare La Russa come to Milan and tell students that fascism was the will of the people? Fascism was born from squadrism, from violence against opponents," they emphasize, "from the March on Rome, and was consolidated by suffocating Parliament with fascist and racial laws . Attributing it to the people erases the victims of that violence."
"The second highest official in the state used a meeting with schools to downplay the dictatorship, right in front of those who have yet to study that history," the Democratic Party concludes. "The people should be mentioned when discussing the Constitution, born of the Resistance, the one the President of the Senate swore by. Milan and its City Council cannot accept this."
(Unioneonline)