25 April, Schlein: “Not only memory, we must make the Constitution live”

Rome, Apr 25 (LaPresse) – April 25 “is not only a moment to commemorate the Nazi-Fascist massacres and to remember those who took part in the Resistance to allow us to live in freedom and democracy, but also a moment in which we ask ourselves what we can do to live up to this memory, which must be passed on and preserved, and must go through schools and culture,” said Democratic Party secretary Elly Schlein speaking to journalists in Sant’Anna di Stazzema, in the Apuan Alps, where she is taking part in the Liberation Day celebrations. “The outcome of April 25 is our anti-fascist Constitution, as President Mattarella also recalled, and so we must make that Constitution live, even today, including in the parts that have not yet been implemented, where some citizens still feel it is distant because they feel that the right to health is not guaranteed, that the right to work and to fair and dignified pay is not guaranteed,” she added. “This is the work we must do to live up to that memory. Ensuring that the rights enshrined in our wonderful Constitution, born from the Resistance, reach everyone, because April 25 is the founding holiday of the Republic and belongs to all Italians.” “For me it is a great emotion and a great honour to be here, I thank the mayor of Sant’Anna di Stazzema for the invitation to commemorate the brutal massacre carried out here by Nazis and Fascists against the defenceless civilian population,” the Democratic leader recalled. “560 people were killed with brutal premeditation and in the most horrific way, including 130 children, and we also met some survivors.”