during the final round of a frenzied electoral campaign , giorgio almirante 's godson , who in his first press conference as secretary of the msi -lsb- italian social movement -rsb- stated : `` mussolini remains my mentor , '' was able to gain the support of tens of thousands of sympathizers , filling squares that up to then had been inaccessible to members of the msi , such as milan 's piazza duomo and bologna 's piazza maggiore .