Last farewell to Giorgio Oppi in the basilica of Bonaria in Cagliari .
The mass for the dean of Sardinian politics, who died at the age of 82 , was officiated by the Jesuit father Enrico Deidda .
"It is said that a life is successful if those who leave the world better than they found it - it is the beginning of his homily - in the lives of many of you Giorgio has traced lines of light and goodness that make the your lives ". A passage on the political passion “as a tireless pursuit of the good for the community”.
Oppi, Father Deidda continued, “knew how to reach those who were less close, to make himself feel worried and present even for the simplest man who presented himself in front of him”.
The priest also recalled “the open wound in Giorgio Oppi's heart, the never healed one of his son who died at the age of 17 in a car accident. Now his son Marco will have been among the first to embrace him in this new dimension of life ”.
The basilica was packed . All politicians were seated in the central nave.
In the front row, the president of the Region Christian Solinas and that of the Regional Council Michele Pais , the former governor Ugo Cappellacci and the mayors of Cagliari and Iglesias Paolo Truzzu and Mauro Usai .
Behind, the national secretary of the UDC Lorenzo Cesa , the former president of the Sardinian Assembly Claudia Lombardo and the exponents of the Regional Council. Still behind the majority and opposition regional councilors.