The decision made by the former Navy Chief of Navy Giuseppe De Giorgi to call the new military ship with the name "Trieste", also approved by Defense Minister Roberta Pinotti, who at the time seemed to have liked very much 'idea, to the point of sending an official communication to the Trieste administration, seems to have been changed.
The reasons for this serious and embarrassing "backward" should be researched, according to palace rumors, in a "reset" of the current Head of State Maggie Valter Girardelli to his predecessor he changed all that he could change, and also something well. It seems that during the gala dinner on board the Vespucci were excluded the summits of the Navy's military schools, which had never happened before and even had been paid the characteristic "greeting to the voice" to the Minister, honor reserved only to the Head of State .
The reactions of the City of Trieste are not to be expected. It is the mayor Roberto Dipiazza who expresses his regret over this unfortunate and unexpected decision: "It is a shame because in the 2018 will be the one hundred years of the end of World War I and we would have been very much honored to honor our city by a ship carrying his name. I'm sorry, but I think someone has moved to frighten us. It will mean that we will also move. "
The reaction of the mayor echo those of the citizens of Trieste, deeply outraged by the rudeness and that of other prominent figures of the city of Giuliano, as the Senator Triest Lorenzo Battista Democratic Movement and Progressive that uses no half terms in expressing his disappointment: "The decision of Admiral Girardelli is a rude. I'm sorry and will immediately propose a collection of signatures, asking the attention of the city council, because the city does not deserve this, given the values it represents ".
The Navy therefore changes its name to the ship-to-helicopter ship, under construction at the Fincanieri plant in Castellammare di Stabia. Amphibious unit will replace Garibaldi ship and instead of "Trieste" as initially decided, it will be named Revel's Thaon in honor of a sea man and great admiral, former Minister of the Navy in the 1922 during the Mussolini government.
The question arises spontaneously, what interest would the current Navy Chief of Staff, Adm. Girardelli, have moved to change the name to Thaon di Revel? Apparently none, since in substance the new ship will still go to sea to fulfill its mission. A sterile and meaningless controversy appears. The name Trieste, on the other hand, could be linked to Fincantieri, which in the city has an important asset for cruise ships. It would be read as a favor to the city that hosts Fincantieri. However, these are all assumptions that don't help anyone. We look ahead and think only of concrete things, or rather of the missions that our Navy has done and will continue to do to ensure the safety of the country and its citizens, beyond the names to be given to the shipping.
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source The Giornale.it