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Back|Brescia revokes Benito Mussolini's honorary citizenship after 102 years
Brescia revokes Benito Mussolini's honorary citizenship after 102 years
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ANSA Cronaca·44 minutes ago·Politics·1 min read·🇮🇹Italy·

Brescia revokes Benito Mussolini's honorary citizenship after 102 years

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  • The Brescia City Council revoked Benito Mussolini's honorary citizenship with 17 votes in favour, nine abstentions and no votes against, after a debate in the chamber and two centre-right amendments rejected by the centre-left majority.
  • The honor was awarded in 1924.

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Honorary citizenship had been attributed to Mussolini on 24 May 1924 by the prefectural commissioner Antonio Zanon, in the period in which numerous Italian municipalities conferred similar recognitions on the head of the fascist government.

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Benito Mussolini is no longer an honorary citizen of Brescia. 102 years after the award, the Municipal Council of the Lombardy city approved the motion to revoke the honor with 17 votes in favour, nine abstentions and no votes against.

The decision came at the end of a long debate in the chamber. Two amendments presented by the centre-right were rejected by the centre-left majority. The motion was filed on 28 October 2024 by PD councilor Andrea Curcio and had been waiting to be discussed for almost two years.

Honorary citizenship had been attributed to Mussolini on 24 May 1924 by the prefectural commissioner Antonio Zanon, in the period in which numerous Italian municipalities conferred similar recognitions on the head of the fascist government.

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  • Other Italian municipalities could initiate similar procedures to revoke honors from fascist figures

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  • ?What will be the symbolic or practical consequences of this revocation?
  • ?Will other municipalities follow Brescia's example?
  • ?How will the fighting and weapons associations react?

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This article was originally published by ANSA Cronaca.

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  • The Brescia City Council revoked Benito Mussolini's honorary citizenship with 17 votes in favour, nine abstentions and no votes against, after a debate in the chamber and two centre-right amendments rejected by the centre-left majority.
  • The honor was awarded in 1924.

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