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Senate Speaker Ignazio La Russa said
Giorgia Napolitano was true to his political values during the
ex-president's State funeral on Tuesday.
"President Napolitano always stood by his political past, his
roots, the values in which he believed, with pride," La Russa
said at the funeral in the Lower House.
"As I recalled in this House at the celebration of his 70th year
of parliamentary activity, Giorgio Napolitano was an example of
culture turning into politics and political culture turning into
an institution.
"As Head of State, he led the Nation, embodying the values that
are the foundations of our Constitution.
"Of course, like all great leaders, he had confrontations and
conflicts in the political arena, including some rough ones".
Lower House Speaker Lorenzo Fontana described Napolitano as "one
of the most important figures in the history of the Republic"
during his address at the funeral.
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