Turin: former councilor and former regional councilor Burzi committed suicide

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25 December 2021 Angelo Burzi who was a former regional councilor and former regional councilor of the Center-right died during the night in Turin. A leading figure in the Piedmontese political world, he was one of the founders of Forza Italia in Piedmont in 1993. According to an initial reconstruction, he took his own life by shooting himself, shortly before midnight, a shot in the head with a gun in his house in Piazza Castello .

The Carabinieri of the Po Vanchiglia Station investigate the incident. The weapon, from the first checks, is regularly reported. Burzi left some letters for his wife and two daughters. Investigations are underway to understand the reasons for the gesture.

Angelo Burzi was 73 years old, graduated in electronic engineering, entrepreneur, was elected for the first time in the Regional Council in 1995. He was re-elected in 2000, in 2005 and in 2010. In 2012 he gave birth to the Progetto'Azione group. From 1997 to 2002 he held the position of Assessor for the Budget. Between 1996 and 1997 he was president of the Special Commission for the revision of the Statute of the Region. His latest political creation was the 

, launched five years ago. A think tank to relaunch Turin because: "We need to think about looking to the day after tomorrow, because from the current critical situation in which Turin lives and, consequently, Piedmont does not come out in the blink of an eye" Burzi said in an interview with " The Spiffero ".

He was called into question in the trials held by the Court of Turin, which are still ongoing, and last December 14 he was sentenced by the Court of Appeal to 3 years for alleged irregularities in the use of funds intended for the functioning of the Board Groups, in affair known as

. The sentence had grieved and anguished him very much: for him it was a worry. "Angelo was intelligent, but above all he was of great honesty and rectitude. He lived with profound injustice in Rimborsopoli, on which I believe it is now necessary to study in depth". Thus expressed the former president of the Piedmont Region,

, who is moved by talking about Angelo Burzi, who commits suicide on Christmas Eve. "In recent years I have tried to be close to him, but everyone reacts in their own way - adds the former governor consulted by the Ansa press agency -. Angelo did not give peace of the injustice with which the Refborsopoli affair was handled, one of the most incredible recent judicial history which, among other things, has led to an inexplicable difference in results with respect to absolutely equal expenses and also to different sentences on similar facts. For this I believe a serious public study of the matter is necessary, because there is it was a judicial rage that has now lasted for almost ten years ".

Numerous messages

of condolences from the political world.

"I learned with great regret of the tragic death of Angelo Burzi. He was a person with whom dialogue and political confrontation was always intense" is what the Mayor of Turin,

declares

regarding the death of Angelo Burzi. "He was - he continues - a point of reference for the liberal area, as councilor, regional councilor and as a promoter of citizen political debate".

"I express - concludes the mayor - my condolences to his family and to the many people who loved him".

Proximity to the family was also expressed by the Deputy Minister of Economy and Finance 

: "I learned of Burzi's tragic death. I am close to his family and those who have been close to him over the years. I express heartfelt condolences and the feelings of deepest condolences to them." Even

Piedmontese

of

express in a note: "profound condolences for the death of Angelo Burzi. We lose a politician of value to whom, despite the diversity of political positions, the commitment and work to favor of the Piedmontese. The most sincere closeness goes to his family severely affected by the painful event. '' 

, deputy of Coraggio Italia, also a former Azzurri player, expressed: "Surprise and consternation at the tragic end of Angelo Burzi" and remembers him saying: "I met and appreciated an upright politician, a man of absolute personal integrity. politics has often put us on different positions, my consideration and esteem for his qualities has never ceased. I am close to the family and to them I express my sincere and profound condolences ". For the Turin coordinator of Forza Italia 

, Burzi "was and will always remain a point of reference for the liberal area that makes up our party. He was not only one of the founders of Forza Italia at a local level but also the first and only one to create a school of political formation worthy of the name ". The force leader adds: "I can only thank you for having had the honor of knowing him and having worked with him first in an Open Society, then in the regional council group, then in the Magellano Foundation and finally frequenting him as a friend - after his retirement from the scene. active politics - because with him you never wasted time and you always had to learn something. In an age of mediocracy and superficiality, with Angelo your every certainty was always questioned, because he taught you that every choice, action,declaration must be the result of serious study and deepening. He was a man of yesteryear, a decent person, a brave head idealist. And precisely because of the profound respect for his ideas and convictions, he is no longer there, it will be up to us to defend them and turn them into political action ".

in Piedmont he affirmed: "Even those in our party who considered him cumbersome, because he knew how to assert himself with the strength of preparation and stubbornness, however recognized his high political stature. Someone tried to tarnish his image, but who did he knows how much he was a man of high principles and respectful of the values ​​of gallantry of the past. His tragedy must make us question and must make the political world question whether there is something to reform in the Italian system. of the faults and must lead to a serious reflection. We will miss Angelo Burzi because even when he seemed further away from Forza Italia he best embodied our principles and values ​​and fought for them until the last day of his life ".