Overview
- President Sergio Mattarella joined a conference in the Aula Magna of Rome’s Sapienza University on February 19 marking the 100th anniversary of Vittorio Bachelet’s birth.
- Mattarella said Bachelet worked to ensure terrorism was defeated by the constitutional legal order rather than by suspending normal rules.
- He highlighted Bachelet’s method of dialogue and conciliation during years marked by political conflict and violence.
- The president praised Bachelet’s dedication to teaching and his belief that culture is an effective tool against oppression.
- Bachelet was a prominent jurist, vice president of the High Council of the Judiciary, leader in FUCI and Azione Cattolica, and was killed by the Red Brigades at Sapienza in 1980.