Gaffe for the anniversary of Moro’s disappearance, Gifuni is on the posters. The mayor of Maglie apologizes: “Very serious mistake”

For the 46th anniversary of the Statesman's murder, the hometown is covered with posters, but the photo is of the actor of "Esterno notte"

RIMINI – In the streets of the city of Maglie, in the province of Lecce, many posters remember its most illustrious citizen, Aldo Moro, but the printed photo, unfortunately , it’s not his. Mayor Ernesto Toma apologizes via social media, but the omelette is now done. It almost seems like a scene from fiction that aired – seriously – in the Apulian town that gave birth to the Christian Democratic statesman on 8 May 1916.
The city, to promote the ceremony of the 46th anniversary of the murder di Moro, which occurred on May 9, 1978, dedicated a poster campaign to him. But, instead of a photo of the former Prime Minister, the image of Fabrizio Gifuni, the actor who played him in “Esterno notte”, appears in the posters distributed along all the main streets of Maglie. strong> film by Marco Bellocchio from 2022. .
The mayor has no choice but to admit the mistake and apologize from his social profile: “Having the wrong photo of the illustrious citizen of Maglie, Aldo Moro, on the Municipality posters to commemorate the 46th anniversary of his murderer is a very serious mistake“. Mayor Toma prefers not to blame the printing company that was entrusted with the creation of the posters. “It would be useless to add that those responsible for the error are not to be found within the city administration – he explains – because, given the importance of the anniversary, we would have had to choose the photo of Aldo Moro to use directly anyway”. Therefore, “not having done so – he concludes – pushes us to make a gesture of responsibility which is to apologize to the statesman’s family and to all citizens“.