Lazio, dedicated to Giovanni Bartoloni a council hall in the Pisana style

A room of the Lazio Regional Council was named after Giovanni Bartoloni. Exactly one year after the untimely death of the journalist, the reference point of communication to the Pisana, the regional proposal approved last February, to dedicate the room where the meetings of the Bureau are held to his memory, becomes reality. The inauguration took place today at the Pisana in a sober ceremony (precisely to recall one of Bartoloni’s characteristics), in the presence of the family – of his wife Marta, of his son Paolo, of his mother and sister – of the former spokesman for the Prime Minister regional council of Lazio, victim of the second wave of Covid-19. Giovanni Bartoloni, 51, died on 25 October 2020 at the Spallanzani institute in Rome where he was hospitalized in intensive care after contracting Covid-19. Historical collaborator of the regional administration, before arriving at Pisana (2013), he had worked with the president of the Province of Rome Enrico Gasbarra. Among his numerous positions also that of head of Alitalia media relations and spokesperson for the CEO of Equitalia. But beyond the roles covered in institutional communication in Rome, Giovanni Bartoloni’s greatest success was the relationship he was able to establish with all his fellow journalists, summarized in the words of Governor Zingaretti immediately after his sudden death: “we will miss him his great professionalism and his smile, his energy and his wealth of soul “. This is what Giovanni was for everyone: an attentive, polite professional from other times; a respectable and special person, as was mentioned today during the ceremony. “Giovanni Bartoloni was an example of how one should be in life” and “I am very happy with the choice” to name the Presidency Hall after his memory, recalling what it was: “a beautiful person with rare qualities of professionalism and confidentiality “, underlined Zingaretti during his speech. “Giovanni was certainly the biggest wound to our community in these two years of Covid, because he was one of us, a man of this institution, reserved but very present, often of few words but capable of building a relationship even with a smile sly, with a glance, a tip that made you understand what was best to do, “he continued. “I met Giovanni thanks to Enrico Gasbarra in wonderful years – recalled Zingaretti – and he is absolutely right when, in a perfect synthesis, he defined him as’ a great professional, a step behind the lights, this was in fact the its value. ‘Today it is really important to find ourselves here, not only to remember John, but also to dedicate a place of this Institution to him “. “Today is an important day. The memory of a tragic event, which took away a great man and a great professional. With the title of the classroom, an important symbol of the Regional Council, his memory will remain alive in the years to come. Thanks to the family, to his wife Marta, to his son Paolo, to all the friends and colleagues who have brought a piece of their heart here to the Council “, said in turn Marco Vincenzi, president of the Lazio Regional Council, who shared a 20-year journey with Bartoloni. “Anyone who knew Giovanni, like me, immediately noticed in his approach his profound humanity and his sensitivity of soul. His smile, intelligence, ability and sense of belonging to the Institution were also striking. we think that remembering this grave mourning a year later, an unbridgeable pain, is also important for the testimony of a man with a great sense of belonging to the community “. According to the former president of the Province of Rome Enrico Gasbarra, who had a great friendship as well as a professional relationship with Bartoloni, “Giovanni was always a step behind the lights. Behind every victory there was him with his advice, his reflections, his witty analyzes, at times even irreverent. John served this institution, like the others where he was, with humility and honor “. In so many political battles “there was the hand of your father Paolo – Gasbarra said turning to his son – We went in public, but your father scored the goal! We all miss. stopping his name and surname in such an important room is important for all of us who loved him “. The naming of the room in his memory, “done also on the initiative of many colleagues in the press, is a good example for those who are now in the institutions and for those who will come. It is not just a ceremony for its own sake, it is not just I remember a friend, but it is a message that this community sends to the future so that we can follow that example of a respectable person “. The director of the Revenue Agency Ernesto Maria Ruffini speaks of the friendship he had with Giovanni Bartoloni as an “unexpected gift and one of the most beautiful that life has reserved for me. He was a traveling companion who saw us grow up together. he was an unmistakable and irreplaceable presence. A friend who knew how to listen. With a mixture of modesty, irony and courage – which those who knew him remember – he managed to make you see reality from a different point of view. immense feeling of gratitude for all that he has given me. I believe that the promise we can make to ourselves by remembering and honoring his life is not to waste, but rather to continue to make the seeds flourish, with our patient commitment. he spread along our path with the hope of being able to do it together with many of you. We made a promise: not to take ourselves too seriously and to always do what we believe in so as not to risk ends re to believe in what we do. A premise that I hope to carry forward “. Bruno Astorre, senator and secretary of the Pd Lazio, was also present at the ceremony.” I remember in particular his cheerfulness. With Giovanni we let go of laughter. He had this overwhelming laugh that I can hardly forget “, he stressed to the Adnkronos Astorre, remembering his friend Giovanni Bartoloni on the sidelines of the event.” Even today – he added – I feel like sending him a whatsapp with the words: ‘what are you saying Giovà ? What should I do? And a couple of times I don’t hide the fact that I also sent it to him. Often in the complex events that have taken place or are still current, the temptation to talk to us is still strong “.