The Italian Constitution is the child
of anti-Fascism, President of the Republic Sergio Mattarella
said on Tuesday during a ceremony to mark the country's
liberation from Fascism and Nazi occupation.
"The crisis in the country required a decisive moment, a new
idea of community, after the failure of the previous one," said
Mattarella.
It was, continued the President, a matter of "instilling into
the State the authentic soul of the Nation", of giving life "to
a new Italy".
"(This) commitment and (this) promise have been fulfilled during
these 75 years of the Republican Constitution. A Republic
founded on the Constitution, child of the anti-fascist
struggle," he said.
"It was a tough struggle to ensure Italy's survival in the
catastrophe brought about by Fascism," continued Mattarella.
"We were helped by soldiers from other countries who became
friends and solid allies: many of them are buried in Italy," he
added.
Mattarella also said the Resistance provided the impetus to make
"definitive choices" concerning the freedoms of the Italian
people and the democratic system, "rejecting the ambiguities
that had allowed the distortion" of the country's previous
constitution, the so-called Albertine Statute, under Fascism.
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