Enrico Berlinguer’s tomb vandalised. Daughter Bianca: “Cowardly and ignoble act”
This year marks the 40th anniversary of his death, which occurred during the electoral campaign for the 1984 European elections
ROME – “In the forty years since dad’s death, his tomb has always been full of flowers brought by many people who stopped for a thought and a tribute. And this has always been a great comfort for us children. In the last month the tomb has been vandalized twice by someone (one or more people): vases destroyed, flowers thrown and flowerbeds trampled and ignoble“. Bianca Berlinguer, Enrico’s daughter, vents on social media after yet another act of vandalism on her father’s tomb. Enrico Berlinguer was the last leader of the Italian Communist Party beloved by millions of Italians and this year marks 40 years since his death, which occurred during the electoral campaign for the European elections of 1984< /strong>.
United politics that leaves messages of solidarity. “Enrico Berlinguer’s tomb has been vandalized again. It is a cowardly and ignoble gesture. But it motivates us even more to carry on his memory, 40 years after his death”, says the secretary of the PD Elly Schlein.
“Vandalising a tomb is one of the most cowardly and shameful that they can be committed and that those who perpetrate it are well qualified. My sincere sympathy goes to Bianca and the entire Berlinguer family”, wrote the President of the Senate Ignazio La Russa on social media.
“It is the act of those who vandalized Enrico Berlinguer’s tomb was miserable. An ignoble gesture that will never be able to scar his memory. I am close to his daughter Bianca and all his family, to whom I extend my solidarity.” Thus the President of the Chamber of Deputies, Lorenzo Fontana.
“The act of vandalism and outrage on the tomb of Enrico Berlinguer, denounced by his daughter Bianca, is shameful and must be condemned. To Bianca and I express all my solidarity and closeness and that of the Italian Greens to the Berlinguer family. The loss of historical memory we are experiencing is serious, leaders like Enrico Berlinguer, a symbol of tolerance and the sense of the State, who contributed to building the very same, are forgotten. democracy that we all experience today”. Thus Angelo Bonelli, co-spokesperson for Green Europe and MP for Avs.