Aldo Cazzullo (photo by Carlo Furgeri Gilbert).
H.or a nice memory of Giulio Andreotti as a person, but I don’t cultivate his myth as a politician. I associate it with a sunset season. In the way he was kind, respectful.
He gladly answered journalists: I interviewed him for the first time in Alba for The print, it was 1989, he was prime minister. In Rome they voted for the administrative, it seemed the Christian Democrat power was going to collapse, and he said: “In Rome nothing will happen.” He was right. At least for now. Because the system was really running out.
It is a surprising Andreotti that now returned to the reader by collection of letters to his wife, Dear Liviuccia, published by Solferino. The symbol of Christian Democratic power mediated by the strength of a woman, to whom the Divo was very attached.
What is striking is the amount of letters he writes as if he wants to cover the distance with his wife on vacation. Hence the urgency of enveloping, stamping and posting the letters himself.
As Giuseppe De Rita points out in the preface, “the tone, almost always light, light-hearted, cheerful, often tender, towards his wife, called Liviuccia but also virtuous spouse, noble young girl, dear wife, wife on vacation, oyster is also striking and oyster “.
“Cara Liviuccia” by Giulio Andreotti (Solferino).
Among the many letters, there is one that I particularly liked, because it mixes politics, everyday life, football, and love. April 24, 1949 Sunday «Dear Liviuccia, it’s true. When you have something you don’t appreciate enough, while when you don’t have it you feel bitter and stomp. You are this thing and I think today that, despite being overwhelmed by a thousand commitments, I am rather foolish to spend Sundays outside the restricted sphere of the wife and daughter. Luckily I can call you again today. Last night I went to Civita Castellana where I spoke from 9.15 pm to 11.15 pm. I don’t know what the electoral result will be … This morning at 10 am I had to inaugurate the Congress of the International Olympic Committee at the Capitol. Then I came to the ministry and I worked with De Pirro until 2. With him and with Del Ciglio I went to lunch at the Bear and then to the match: Lazio-Triestina 4-0 ».
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