The announcement of participation and then the step back. In the end, Giancarlo Blangiardo will not be there, victim of feminist censorship
Freedom of expression? Absolutely not. It is a truly sad story that has struck the president of Istat in the last few hours. Giancarlo Blangiardo, Indeed, had been announced as one of the illustrious speakers at the World Congress of Families, which will start tomorrow in Verona. The news of the participation was leaked yesterday morning, from some circles of the famous statistical institute.
It wasn't enough for a real case to break out. The workers of “Femministat” rebelled. “A spontaneous assembly of Istat workers deemed it appropriate to ask the President directly to deny his participation considering it incompatible with the institutional role covered by him and strongly detrimental to the independence and image of the Institute. President Blangiardo instead confirmed and claimed his presence in Verona 'like any private citizen who chooses to go to the cinema or the stadium'. The demonstrators even organized a rally to protest against the president's free choice.
In close proximity, the CGIL statement also arrived :"Istat workers cannot and must not be represented by their president in a conference that aims to discuss the suppression of fundamental rights".
In short, a media fuss of censorship, That ultimately pushed the president of Istat to give up and renounce his participation in the Congress: “Given the outcry that his possible presence – moreover as a scholar – at the Verona congress is arousing, he gave up taking part in it. I do not want that a completely personal decision can be interpreted as a decision of the president of Istat".
source – https://vocecontrocorrente.it/presidente-istat-obbligato-a-rinunciare-al-congresso-delle-famiglie/