Thursday, June 2, 2016

June 2, Mattarella: “Italian Constitution Democracy Foundation” – The Republic

Rome – The Feast for the 70 years of the Republic, which will see the traditional parade of the Roman Forum opened this year by 400 mayors, opens with the President of the Republic Sergio Mattarella, which lays a wreath at the Altar of the Fatherland. Together with the Head of State, Prime Minister Matteo Renzi, Roberta Pinotti, Laura Boldrini, Pietro Grasso, the Chief of Police Franco Gabrielli, the commissioner of Rome Francesco Paolo Trim and the commanding general of the Carabinieri Tullio Del Sette. After the execution of the Hymn of Italy, the exhibition of honor in front of the military and the flag raising. Mattarella has paid tribute to the fallen.

Mattarella reached via del Fori Imperiali aboard the presidential Flaminia historic discovery and took place at the Presidential Box where there are the highest State authorities. To make the honors a cuirassiers on horseback department.
cars will participate in about 3,600, including military and civilian. At the opening, after the Army band, 400 mayors with their tricolor flag, representing the 8,000 Italian municipalities: it is an absolute novelty of this year “to symbolize as June 2 is the ‘Feast of All’ and not only of the armed Forces “.

The parade is divided into seven fields. After the mayors, it began the traditional parade, opened by the band of the Carabinieri. Next, the flags of the armed forces and the banners of Regions, municipalities and associations of former combatants. Then the ‘Magazine’ also historic with a company in a uniform of the First World War. Then the turn of the three armed forces followed by Carabinieri, Guardia di Finanza, the Red Cross and the Order of Malta. Following the fire department, the State Police, Prison Police, Forestry Corps, Municipal Police, the national civil service and civil protection until closing that it will be up to the fanfare of the Bersaglieri. The final honor of cuirassiers regiment on horseback and by the fanfare of the mounted police.

In a message sent to the Head of Staff of the defense, general Claudio Graziano, Mattarella writes: “on June 2, 1946, with the institutional referendum, the first vote cast by universal suffrage of national character, the Italian and Italians chose the Republic, simultaneously electing the constituent Assembly, which, l ‘ next year, it would have approved the constitution, inspiration and visionary leadership of rebirth and, since then, the foundation of Italian democracy. ” The president added that “the values ​​of freedom, justice, equality between men and respect for the rights of each and peoples are, even today, the foundation of the cohesion of our society and the pillars on which rests the construction of Europe . from the sharing of them born the contribution that our country offers with enthusiasm, conviction and generosity to the peaceful coexistence of peoples and to the development of the international community “.

at the start of the celebrations, Matteo Renzi tweet: “Happy Feast of the Republic at all. Long live Italy @ 70th”. At the end of the ceremony at the Altar of the Fatherland, before the parade, including a selfie and the other with Renzi citizens drank the traditional coffee with Senate President Pietro Grasso, in a bars of Piazza Venezia. “But this year I’ll pay,” joked the Prime Minister, who then wished him “happy feast” to all soldiers who met along the way.

He also speaks Salvatore Girone, rifleman of Marina held in India for four years, but will not attend the parade: “i would like to send to all Italians – says the marines – my best wishes for a good Republic day 2016, and once again thank all those who over the years that I spent in India, have never stopped supporting us. After four years away from our country, this year I am happy to share this important day for our Republic with my family and some colleagues and friends. ” Despite the absence of two marines, to the gallery and those of citizens they have made their homage with a choral applause when the speaker announced the passage of their regiment, the San Marco.

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