San Marino. Speech on the sidelines of a high-profile institutional speech
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I have carefully read the speech of the Regency on the occasion of the inauguration as Heads of State and of the Supreme Magistracy.
I will not go into the merits of the many interesting and open perspectives, what I focus on is linked to the theme that is dear to me, and that every entry into the Republic reminds me: “Ancient land of Freedom”.
These two themes:
The Regency intends to guarantee freedom of expression and full freedom of the media, bulwarks of democracy and paths in support of the dissemination of the truth. this”acting as guarantor, even internally, for free information, respectful of different sensitivities, according to the principles of freedom of opinion and expression of thought “.
Moreover “The crucial importance that the role of free and correct information, free from interests and factions of any kind, can and must play in emergency situations, has been observed during the most recent pandemic. “
“We are particularly convinced that the culture both and must be unanimously recognized as the founding value of an open, plural and aware society that the wealth and prosperity of a country, even before the economic, industrial and material weight, are attributable to the inestimable intangible heritage at its disposal.
In a decisive way in this historical moment, in which the comparison on the methods of recovery and rebirth of our system is articulated, we consider it necessary to invest in culture, which is an indispensable glue to promote unity and strengthen our heritage. identity, an excellent indicator of the level of civilization and life of our citizens.
It is a topic to which we address and will address our priority commitment, not sparing proposals and solicitations, because we are certain that investing in culture means investing in the future and developing a value that belongs to our history; Because culture is historical and artistic heritage, it is territory, it is entertainment and it is also science, philosophy, creativity and competence. “
I collect the suggestion of the freedom of information and the choice of enter the culture as cornerstones of a policy that has at its center the good of man and the future of the Republic itself. Aware that the reality of a small state in some way to forcefully declare what other realities, marked by bureaucratic and conflicting shackles, are unable to guarantee interests. Without forgetting that the state reality of San Marino has, as a fundamental characteristic, that of being able to bring the value of a more than millennial tradition to the whole world.
Sometimes it happens to ask oneself if the image that the media give of it gives sufficient reason for what is happening and if the civil reality, in all its facets, is adequate relief: at times it seems to witness a show of illusionism, in in which, almost magically, elements and their revelation, fruit more than one whose will of others must reveal the minds rather than realism. interesting to re-read what importance and completeness was given during the Referendum for the legalization of abortion to pro-life news, beyond the alchemy to allow a fictitious level playing field in the various political forums.
As for the reflection on the primacy of culture (and on its necessary link with education), we cannot forget the most passionate and lucid defense of culture pronounced in 1980, at UNESCO, by the great and holy Pope John Paul II:
«Man lives a truly human life thanks to culture … Culture is a specific way of” existing “and” being “of man. Man always lives according to a culture which is his own, and which, in turn, creates a bond between men which is also their own, determining the inter-human and social character of human existence. […]
Contemporary civilization tries to impose on man a series of apparent imperatives that their spokespersons justify by resorting to the principle of development and progress. Thus, for example, instead of respecting life, the “imperative” is to get rid of life and destroy it; in place of love, which is responsible communion of persons, the “imperative” of the maximum of sexual enjoyment beyond any sense of responsibility; instead of the primacy of truth in action, the “primacy” of behavior in vogue, of the subjective and of immediate success. In all this is expressed a great systematic renunciation of the healthy ambition that it is the ambition to be a man. Let us not be under any illusions, the system formed on the basis of false imperatives, can of these things of the future of man and the future of culture. […]
This sovereignty which exists and which draws its origin from the culture proper to the nation and society, from the primacy of the family in the work of education and finally from the personal dignity of every man, must remain the fundamental criterion in the way of treating that important to humanity today which is the problem of social media … Since these means are the “social” means of communication, they cannot be means of domination over others by agents of political power as well as that of the financial powers that impose their program and model. They must become the means – and what an important means! – of expression of that society which makes use of them and which also ensures their existence. […]
I am the son of a nation, which has lived through the greatest experiences in history, which its neighbors have sentenced to death on several occasions, but which has survived and which has remained itself … This culture has revealed itself as needed. a power greater than all other forces … There is a fundamental sovereignty of society which is manifested in the culture of the nation. It is about the sovereignty for which, at the same time, man is supremely sovereign. “
Freedom of communication, education and culture: on this program we will continue to question ourselves and ask the world of politics to account for its fundamental respect. Our identity and survival as a free people, of an ancient and very current freedom, is at stake.
Don Gabriele Mangiarotti