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Why Giuseppe Conte He never deigned to make his close to the LombardyThe great sick woman in Italy who faced the epidemic enduring suffering and pain without the Palazzo Chigi making her closeness felt from Rome? Why does the first visit to those cities tormented by Covid-19 date back to April 27, more than two months after the start of the pandemic? What kept him away? According to a background by Francesco Verderami, published yesterday in the Corriere della Sera, fear. Nothing more. The fear of getting sick, of also carrying that cursed virus that in those days congested the intensive care units of all the hospitals in northern Italy and brought so many sick people to the sacred field.
It is not the first time that Conte’s strong will to stay away from Lombardy has emerged from government circles. Is already Zero hour, the research coordinated by Carlo Bonini and published at the end of May by Republic, had brought to light an anecdote of the dawn. It is the night of February 20-21. The prime minister is in Brussels to discuss the 2021-2027 budget at the European Council. A phone call from Rocco casalino it takes him by surprise. “We have a problem”, He tells. In Codogno, a 38-year-old boy hospitalized in intensive care for severe pneumonia has, in fact, tested positive for the new coronavirus that is bringing China to its knees. As the hours go by, the news doesn’t get better. The outbreak is not only in the Lodi area. In Vo ‘Euganeo, a village in the province of Vicenza, two other infected. The European summit does not advance and, around five in the afternoon, the prime minister decides to return to Italy. “I think we should go, and fast”he tells his people. “We could fly directly to Lombardy”he adds. Two hours later he lands in Rome and goes directly to Civil Protection.
What made Conte change his mind in those crucial hours? In rebuilding Republic no hypothesis is advanced, but it is nevertheless pointed out that “don’t leave Rome for any reason”Therefore, working remotely from the Palazzo Chigi or from the Civil Protection, is “the line that will follow in the next two months”. However, on several occasions, the governors of the North will pressure the prime minister to be seen in regions overwhelmed by the virus. A distance that we can now say dictated by the fear of getting sick in turn. As he himself admitted in a confrontation with the Lombard president Attilio fontana who asked him to be seen in those places. “Let’s see … You know, if I get sick, how can I do it?”the Prime Minister would have replied. The anecdote was told to Verderami by government sources and 24 hours after its publication it has not yet been denied. Then we can take it for granted.
In Lombardy, Conte appeared only a few months later, when theepidemic now it was under control. A visit that defined Roberto Calderoli from Bergamo “Out of time”. “A catwalk that was not only useless, but almost offensive … when Lombardy counted more than 500 deaths per day and the hospital beds were not enough, it did not appear”. So the Lombards still remember that visit today: in Bergamo he appeared after eleven at night, while in Brescia he arrived at two in the morning. To those who asked him to account for all the dead, he replied dryly: “I have already spoken in Milan …”. And, when a chronicler of But He tried to tear one more word from her mouth, he rejected it angrily: “Look, if one day you are going to have the responsibility of government, you will write all the decrees and you will make all the decisions”. Words that hurt all Lombards at that time.
