President Meloni’s statement on affront to Foiba of Basovizza memorial

The Foiba of Basovizza is a sacred place, a national monument, to be honoured with silence and prayer. Dishonouring Basovizza, and what’s more, with repugnant graffiti evoking dramatic events in our history, does not only mean trampling on the memory of the martyrs of the Foibe massacres, but also means dishonouring the nation as a whole. This was an act of unprecedented gravity, which cannot go unpunished.