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January 15, 2020 "Hammamet, January 2020: twenty years have passed since the death of Bettino Craxi, and the Foundation that bears the name of the socialist leader is preparing to celebrate the anniversary with a series of initiatives that will start with the three days, from 17 to 19, in Tunisia, a 'foreign but not foreign' country loved to repeat Craxi, who welcomed and loved him, and many will leave Italy to commemorate him, on the occasion of the twentieth anniversary of his death, which falls just next 19 January".This is what we read in a statement from the Craxi Foundation.
"Over 600 people are expected, among whom - it is recalled - about thirty parliamentarians and many administrators, mayors and official delegations. It starts on Friday 17, when, at 6.30 pm, the mayor of Hammamet and the administration of the town will welcome the municipality. a delegation from the Craxi Foundation extended to the political and institutional representatives present and some personalities ".
"It continues on Saturday 18 January, at 10.30 am, when the photographic exhibition" Craxi ambassador of the world "will be inaugurated in the Gallery" In Art Hammamet ", at the Medina, a story through the images that have marked the long international Craxian trajectory, through the various stages traveled within the party and the Socialist International, during the years of the Prime Minister's office and as the Representative of the UN Secretary-General ". "In the afternoon, at 6.00 pm, Mass in suffrage celebrated in the Catholic Church of Hammamet, while in the evening, at 9.15 pm, the new docufilm produced by Sky will be screened internationally in the" Le Forum "Hall of the Hotel Sol Azur , "The Craxi case. An Italian story".
The initiatives organized by the Craxi Foundation will culminate in the commemoration ceremony to be held at 10.30 on Sunday 19 January - the day of the twentieth anniversary of the disappearance - at the Christian cemetery of Hammamet, where the former socialist premier rests, in a fence of land overlooking the sea, facing Italy ".
"The presence of Italian politicians will be very nourished - underlines the note of the Craxi Foundation: at present, but further confirmation is awaited, the Forza Italia delegation, led by the Parent Companies Anna Maria Bernini and Mariastella Gelmini, is expected, is composed of senators Francesco Battistoni, Fiammetta Modena, Maria Rizzotti, Virginia Tiraboschi and deputies Simone Baldelli, Alessandro Battilocchio, Alessandro Cattaneo, Maria Tripodi. Representing the parliamentary groups of the League, Senator Armando Siri and deputy Massimo Garavaglia will be in Hammamet. for Italy Viva Davide Faraone while, personally, Senator Gianni Pittella and Umberto Del Basso De Caro are expected to be present, as well as the participation of the honorable Alessandro Colucci and Renzo Tondo of socialist tradition ".
Numerous ex-parliamentarians and administrators of the carnation will also pay homage to the memory of Bettino Craxi: among others, Lucio Barani, Margherita Boniver, Stefano Caldoro, Fabrizio Cicchitto, Laura Fincato, Ugo Intini, Riccardo Nencini, Claudio Martelli, Nello Polese, Maurizio Sacconi, Giulio Santarelli, Claudio Signorile, Saverio Zavettieri. We also report the presence of the mayor of Bergamo, Giorgio Gori, Mario Barbi, Eugenio Bennato, Costantino Della Gherardesca, Enrica Giorgetti, Giancarlo Lehner, Stefano Pillitteri, Donato Robilotta, Fabrizio Rondolino, Andrée Ruth Shammah, Giampaolo Sodano, Luisa Todini , Carlo Tognoli ".