Their city has a Putin plaque. They want Zelensky to demolish it.
“The voice got bigger,” Fortunato said. Previous campaigns to remove the plaque have failed. Shortly after Russia invaded Ukraine, around 12,000 people signed an online petition to have it removed, but it was rejected. Part of the problem is that it is not clear even to some local officials who is responsible for this decision, although the rector of the basilica, Giovanni Dtante, said that the square where the plaque is posted "falls under the direct responsibility" of the government of the city. .The mayor of Bari, Antonio Decaro, did not respond to multiple requests for comment. In 2022, he defended the plaque, saying: "I am not in favor of erasing a piece of history," local media reported at the time.In an interview, Father Distant sought to resolve the controversy by focusing inst...