Italy holds elections on September 25 and the deadline for submitting candidates is bringing surprises. The last one, the actress Gina Lollobrigidawho at 95 is running for the Senate on the list of an anti-system party.
Lollobrigida, multifaceted artist, small and big screen actress who triumphed in Hollywood in the 50s, 60s and early 70s, is not a ‘rookie’ in politics. After retiring from cinema in 1997, she ran in the European elections in 1999 with the Democrats from Roman Prodibut remained 10,000 votes short of the seat.
Now try your luck in a Eurosceptic coalition called Sovereign and Popular Italy, which brings together small formations such as the Communist Party, Civil Action or Socialist Homeland. their leaders are Marco RizzoSecretary of the Communist Party, and Antonio Ingroiajudge and also Lollobrigida’s personal lawyer.
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Ingroia is her de facto lawyer in the judicial war that the actress has with her son, Milko Skofic, and his grandson, Dimitri, for managing his fortune. He has pushed her to take the step because of her “perfect lucidity”.
interviewed in Il Corriere della Sera, says embarking on this project tired of listening to politicians “discussing each other without ever getting anywhere”. “As long as I have energy I will use it for important things, especially for my country,” she proclaims.
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“I will fight for the people to decide, from health to justice. (…) Italy is bad and I want to do something good and positive,” he adds in the interview, in which he reveals his inspiration, which is Mahatma Gandhi“because of his way of doing things” and his rejection of violence.
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Although he is physically and mentally well, Lollobrigida will not participate in campaign events, which does not mean that he will not have a presence, since he will publish video messages to ask for the vote.
And from left to right, another of the surprises of the elections in Italy is the Brazilian ex-pilot Emerson Fittipaldi (75 years old), two times Formula 1 world champion, also a candidate for the Senate but hand in hand with the Brothers of Italy party, led by the far-right Giorgia Meloni.
“I am very happy to be a candidate for the Italian Senate in the elections on September 25. I have already put several proposals on paper and they all aim to promote actions related to Brazilians who have strong ties to Italian lands, culture and sport” , explained in Il Giornale.
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