The investiture ceremony of the new captains-regent of the Republic of San Marino, Francesca Civerchia and Dalibor Riccardiwhich took place today, was opened with a speech by Marco Impagliazzo, president of the Community of Sant’Egidio and professor of contemporary history at the University of Rome III.
After highlighting the common values that bring Sant’Egidio and the Republic of San Marino together: peace, freedom, welcome, Marco Impagliazzo wanted to highlight the San Marino democratic system, based on the frequent rotation of responsibilities and on the sharing of powers. The president of Sant’Egidio described this system as “going against the grain”, especially at a time when democracy “is not in good health and is retreating in the face of totalitarian systems and so-called “democracies”. … Unfortunately, even in democratic regimes, we are witnessing an erosion from within the mechanisms of representative democracy and trust. This is evidenced by the generalized rejection of politics, particularly by the middle and lower classes, the very high level reached by electoral abstentionism and the increasingly strong propensity for the verticalization of power.
On the contrary, this system, continued Marco Impagliazzo, “developed and perfected during the long history of the Republic of Mount Titan, today represents an example of collegiality to be valued in an era little inclined to systems of democratic participation and balance of power”.
The community of intention between Sant’Egidio and San Marino has given rise to an important synergy which, since 2011, has enabled the little Republic to unreservedly support certain Community projects, such as the programme DREAM in Africa, the commitment toabolition of the death penalty at the global level and humanitarian corridors“a program through which thousands of asylum seekers have been able to reach Europe legally and not through human traffickers, avoiding violence, exploitation, torture, imprisonment and dead. The generous welcome you have given to several families”, underlined Marco Impagliazzo, “has made it possible to initiate cooperation also at the legislative level, which we greatly appreciate”.
Marco Impagliazzo continued: “Peace, welcome, freedom, above all the freedom of not being afraid. We must escape the cage of fear, the spiritual paralysis that locks us within the narrow horizon of the ego. We are made to look upwards, to overcome limits and barriers, to dream of new horizons. The citizens of San Marino know this well and, from the top of Mount Titan, around which they have built their garrisons of peace, freedom, work and welcome, they continue to pursue their noble objectives, not entrenched in the present, but looking to the future with confidence.”
