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«Matteo Salvini with the City Angels? We distinguish ourselves. Salvini, without my knowledge and the knowledge of the association, joined the personal gesture of our godmother Daniela Iavarone. If you had asked my opinion I would have said no, that I did not agree, because Salvini represents values very far from ours and he is no longer a minister, therefore, an institutional figure. The association that I lead is by constitution anti-racist and more inclusive than ever., Further I am president of an anpi clubI don’t know if it is enough to explain the differences between the positions. Salvini’s instrumental and provocative use of a gesture that in itself could have been good, if not spectacular, infuriated me greatly. Frustrating years of our work are at risk in terms of our relationship with the people we help and the image of the association.
Mario Furlan, president and founder of the City Angels, is upset by the controversy after Matteo Salvini accompanied the association’s godmother, also president of the Amici della lirica and vice president of the Conservatory, to distribute gift packages to elderly people in difficulty. “I love daniela very much, is a wonderful person since 2004 helps us to raise funds with events, also gives us a great hand in economics And every Christmas he selects 120 seniors to whom he wants to bring a gift package. I’ve always appreciated that. We lend you our van, our jacket and a driver angel. But this time he slipped, ‘Furlan continues. Salvini has known him for many years, they are very good friends, was accompanied lightly, without calculating the reactions that would have occurred. Salvini is a controversial character rightly or wrongly, he didn’t ask my opinion, he didn’t even warn me. Now she spontaneously resigned as godmother. It happens to everyone that they are wrong, that wave of controversy that overwhelmed us was imaginable but not in these dimensions ”, says Furlan.
However, the news of Salvini’s presence at “City Angels Christmas” had been circulating for days, how is it possible that the president did not know? “Our Christmas event is the interfaith prayer in front of the Holocaust memorial, with a representation of the homeless that we follow over time. I made sure he didn’t come to that one and I didn’t care about anything else, ”he says. I was not thinking of our godmother’s personal action. Then I began to receive e-mails, WhatsApp, on Facebook, people who said “You sold yourself to the Northern League …”, he says.
Matteo salvini On December 25, after having lunch with the guests of the Cardenal Ferrari Opera, he went with Iavarone and later posted photos of his gesture. In the previous days he had warned, in controversy with the red zone imposed by the Christmas decree: “I self-report – Salvini said – You cannot close the hearts of Italians at home.” (The Ministry of the Interior had clarified then that the restrictions on movement did not refer to voluntary activities). Faced with the controversy, the leader of the League cuts short: “I go where they invite me – He said in Santo Stefano, while visiting the Eris Foundation that helps drug addicts -. On Christmas day I went to the Cardinal Ferrari Opera and took packages to four needy families (with Daniela Iavarone from City Angels, ed), on December 27 I will go to the San Vittore prison police ». He also exhorts: “Do something good too, without being heroes – He says -. If everyone dedicated a part of their time to solving difficult situations, Italy will be better, when there are people who suffer, let’s unite in the name of good, let’s save the squabbles for politics».
Pierfrancesco Majorino MEP responds immediately, who for years was councilor for Social Policies in Milan: “Salvini should not improvise on the basis of solidarity because this is damaging and shaming serious organizations.
A photo of the senator, in the company of an old woman, later aroused more controversy. His son Michele Tibello, from the Italian antifascist network, replied: “That evil genius of Luca Morisi (Salvini’s communication chief, ed) took a photo of his captain with my mother in our yard while she was giving him a gift that others offered him – writes the lady’s son -. I remind you that my mother is not a homeless man who lives in the middle of the street, but because she is black, she serves them for their welfare propaganda.
The Note of the League: no bugs and no randomly distributed packages. At Christmas, the leader of the League, Matteo Salvini, participated in the delivery of some food to the families who had requested it, and who therefore had left their data and subsequently consented to some photographs. This is the case of the woman residing in via Perugino who would have been mistaken for a homeless person. The Carroccio underlines: the news is totally false, as can be easily verified by the press releases sent by Senator Salvini’s press office already on Wednesday 23 December. Solidarity with the homeless was expected a few hours after the delivery of food packages, on the occasion of the Christmas lunch, when Salvini went to the Cardenal Ferrari Opera where he was in the company of the homeless, the elderly poor and lonely.
December 26, 2020 | 12:56
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