Gennaro Sangiuliano, resigned irrevocably
The resignation of Gennaro Sangiuliano
Culture Minister Gennaro Sangiuliano has tendered his irrevocable resignation in a letter to Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, who has already appointed Alessandro Giuli as his successor.
''Dear President, dear Giorgia, after long meditation, in painful days filled with hatred towards me by a certain political media system, I have decided to resign in irrevocable terms as Minister of Culture'. Institutions have too high a value to submit to the motives of individuals", it reads.
"I thank you for having defended me resolutely, for having already rejected an initial request for my resignation and for the affection you have once again shown me. But I consider it necessary for the institutions and for myself to resign. As you mentioned recently, we are doing great things, and I say this as a political and human community to which I feel I belong. I am proud of what we have achieved on cultural policies in these almost two years of government. Starting with the’having put an end to the all-Italian shame of museums and cultural sites being closed during vacation periods, having increased in just one year the number of visitors to museums (up 22 percent) and museum receipts (up 33 percent). In December, Palazzo Citterio, purchased by the ministry in the early 1970s and then left unused for decades, will open in Milan. Major projects such as the’former Albergo dei Poveri in Naples, the’expansion of the Uffizi in other locations and the’investment for the Venice Biennale".
"For the first time in Italy, major exhibitions were organized on authors and historical figures that the left had ignored for ideological reasons. I am aware, moreover, that I have touched a sensitive nerve and attracted a lot of enmity by having chosen to review the system of contributions to cinema by seeking more efficiency and less waste. This work cannotò be tainted and especially stopped by matters of gossip. Institutions are too high a value and must not submit to the motives of individuals. I need personal tranquility, to be next to my wife whom I love, but above all to have my hands free to take action in all legal venues against those who have caused me this damage, starting with an imminent complaint to the Public Prosecutor’s Office, which I intend to file", he added.
"Here è my honorability is at stake; and I consider it important to be able to act to demonstrate my absolute transparency and fairness, without involving the government. Never a euro from the Ministry è was spent on improper activities. I have said this and will prove it in every forum. Not only that. I will goò all the way to the bottom to verify whether different interests contributed to the affair and will act against those who published fake news in these days", ends the note.
