Italy: Granddaughter of Benito Mussolini secures second term as city councillor in Rome

Rachele Mussolini, granddaughter of Benito Mussolini, has won second term as a city councillor in Rome on Wednesday, Newsweek reported. According to official figures released on Wednesday, Rachele secured maximum votes and won elections by 8,200 votes. Notably, elections were held on October 3 and 4 across Italy. According to report of Newsweek, around 1,200 municipalities across Italy including, four largest cities, Rome, Naples, Turin and Milan, were voted for ir councillors. report said that Rachele h secured only 657 votes in 2016 election. 

It is worth noting that Rachele Mussolini, granddaughter of Italian fascist leer Benito Mussolini and daughter of jazz pianist Romano Mussolini. Her grandmor ruled  Italy from 1922 to 1943 using a series of power-grabbing moves and use of secret police. Despite having a strong family background, Rachele asserted that she does not want to be identified simply for her grandfar's actions. Rachele said she has many left-wing friends. Meanwhile, after winning election with such a huge majority, Mussolini, in an interview with newspaper La Repubblica, said that this time people of Rome has voted due to her "initiatives" taken during her service at City Council. Earlier, people h voted on her "surname", ded Mussolini.

'People voted me on basis of my work, not surname': Rachele Mussolini

"In past, I got interviewed only because of my family name. During my last term, y started asking about initiatives I promoted on city council. I have worked hard," Rachele Mussolini, told Wednesday's edition of daily newspaper la Repubblica. "I learned to live with my surname since I was a child," she ded. "At school, y used to aim at me, but n Rachele emerged and, person (that I am) prevailed over surname, however burdensome that name is," Newsweek quoted La Repubblica's interview with Mussolini. However, when Italian daily asked about her take on fascism, she was reportedly reluctant to answer and just changed topic by saying "she was against its glorification."

Image: Instagram/Rachele Mussolini