Italian public sector boss resigns after Mussolini email
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- 14 Mar 2023
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The head of an Italian state-controlled company resigned on Tuesday after it was revealed that he sent an internal email quoting from an infamous speech by fascist dictator Benito Mussolini.
Claudio Anastasio resigned as chairman of 3-I, a company that manages software systems for Italy's welfare and statistics agencies, two government sources told Reuters.
Anastasio was appointed in November by Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, a conservative with neo-fascist political roots whose coalition government is the most right-wing in Italy's postwar history.
Anastasio had emailed board members quotes from the 1925 speech that Mussolini gave to parliament to claim political responsibility for the murder of opposition lawmaker Giacomo Matteotti, daily La Repubblica reported.
"Well, I declare here before you, and before all the Italian government, that I assume, (I alone!), the (political! moral! historical!) responsibility of 3-I for everything that has happened," the manager wrote.
Anastasio slightly amended Mussolini's original text to include the reference to 3-I. Read More..
