Praised Hitler as a "great politician", a candidate in Italy was suspended for the election qualification

Jimu Journalist Li Lili Huang Jiaqi

According to Reuters, the Italian Brothers Party, which is expected to win the national election this weekend, announced on September 20, local time that the party's campaign is eligible for the party's candidate, because the candidate was found to post online to praise the Nazi dictator online to praise the Nazi dictator online Adov Hitler.

According to reports, the Italian Brothers Party was established in 2013, and its root can be traced back to a new fascist organization established after World War II. The Italian Brothers was regarded as a conservative party of the very right -wing nation, but his leader Giorgia Meloni tried to clear the boundaries with the far right and said that her party was the mainstream conservative.

Italian Brothers Chairman Meloni (Picture Source: Reuters)

However, critics said that there are still many fascist sympathy in the party's ranks.

The Republican newspaper published this weekly candidate Calogero Pisano, a regional candidate for the Italian Brothers Party, commented on social media eight years ago and praised Hitler as a "great politician."

In a post in 2016, Pizano also praised someone to define the Italian Brothers Chairman Meloni as "Modern Fascist". He wrote that the Italian Brotherhood "never hidden its true ideals."

Luojiro Pizano (Picture Source: Agence France -Presse)

These posts caused the anger of the Italian Jews.

"It is difficult to accept those who praise Hitler to enter the next parliament." Ruth Dureghello, the head of the Roman Jewish community, wrote on Twitter.

In response to the controversy, the Italian Brothers said that he would immediately suspend all the positions of Pisano and suspend his candidate qualification. The party stated in a statement: "From now on, Pizano is not represented at any level (the party)."

Pizano apologized on social media: "Many years ago, I wrote some big mistakes." He added that he had deleted these posts before.

According to the media, the Italian Brothers will become the largest political parties in Italy in the election on September 25, and lead the league composed of the right -wing party to easily win.

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