President Sergio Mattarella has
said no citizen should not consider themselves separate from
Italy's political life when asked about the prospect of high
abstention levels in the March 4 general election.
"The responsibility for our national community, the republic,
falls prevalently on those who have asked to hold institutional
positions and obtained this," Mattarella told Catholic weekly
Famiglia Cristiana.
"But it also falls on each of us citizens, who are called on
to do our part for the common good.
"Those who authentically feel their status as a citizen do
not feel like a creditor who only makes demands, but feel that
we are all creditors and debtors in our behaviour.
"No one should stand aside or limit themselves to watching".
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