Italy: appointment in the government of a deputy photographed with a Nazi armband generates controversy

The appointment in the government of Italy of a far-right deputy who was photographed in 2005 wearing a Nazi armband sparked controversy on Tuesday and condemnation from the opposition.

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Galeazzo Bignamielected as part of the list of Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s post-fascist Brothers of Italy party, was appointed deputy infrastructure minister on Monday.

The 47-year-old lawyer was photographed at a party in 2005 wearing a black suit and a swastika bracelet.

Democratic Party deputy Marco Furfaro said on Twitter that the appointment is a “offense, an indecency against the Constitution, memory, History and for the victims of the swastika”.

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Yes Chiama Galeazzo #Bignami ed è un exponent di Fratelli d’Italia.

Uno scempio, un’offesa, un’indecenza verse la Costituzione, la memoria, la storia e le vittime di quella svastica.

embarrassed, @GiorgiaMeloni. pic.twitter.com/TGDZJfSQKx

– Marco Furfaro (@marcofurfaro) October 31, 2022

For his part, Bignami condemned in a statement “all forms of totalitarianism, liberticidal and anti-democratic expressions” and described Nazism as the “absolute evil”

The 2005 photo was taken “in a private context” and added that he has apologized “more than once”.

Source: Elcomercio

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