San Marino. The Christian Democratic Party of San Marino remembers Ciriaco De Mita
“The Christian Democratic Party of San Marino intends to commemorate the Hon. Ciriaco De Mita, who recently died at the age of 94 in his villa in Avellino”.
Thus the San Marino political party, which adds: “Its face and its history have an inseparable link with the Christian Democrats, a party whose identity and battles it still retained. Several times minister, Prime Minister from 1988 to 1989, De Mita was Secretary and President of the Italian Crusader Shield.
The idea of making Italy a “modern, efficient democracy”, through reasoning and proposals for institutional and constitutional reforms, of which he was often a precursor, were his prerogative.
Already in ’69, with the proposal of the “constitutional pact” he launched the proposal for an agreement between the great popular forces that had written the Constitution, to innovate it and make the institutions more capable of interpreting the popular expression.
Afterwards, as secretary of the DC, in 1983 he was the first to talk about the renewal of the “form of the state”, with the conviction that if democracy is not mixed with the sentiment of the people it is a fragile democracy, and that the state must be closer to the citizens .
Having De Gasperi, Don Sturzo and Aldo Moro as fundamental inspirers of his thought, he considered popularism the compass that guided his political action and the best antidote to populism.
The Christian Democratic Party of San Marino, recalling the human and political value of his friend De Mita, expresses its gratitude for his commitment at the service of the institutions, and expresses feelings of deep condolence for his departure “.