The city council of Salò, the
northern Italian city where Benito Mussolini set up the Fascist
German-puppet Italian Social Republic (RSI) in the last two and
a half years of WWII, has revoked his honorary citizenship.
Twelve councillors voted in favour of the motion presented by
Tiberio Evoli, a member of the centre-left municipal majority
that promoted the initiative.
Three city councillor voted against and one abstained - all
members of civic lists, including one which is close to the
right-wing Brothers of Italy (FdI) party.
"In today's Italy there is no room anymore for his ideas", said
Francesco Cagnini, the 29-year-old mayor of the city overlooking
Lake Garda, which had previously rejected twice a petition to
strip Mussolini of the citizenship.
The Fascist dictator was given the honour in May 1924.
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