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Mafia: Thousands in procession in Naples. Mattarella, to honor those who opposed inhumanity mafias

2022-03-21T08:58:10.675Z


Day in memory of the innocent victims promoted by Libera and Public Notice (ANSA) Thousands of people in procession in Naples to shout their no to all mafias on the occasion of the 27th day of memory and commitment in memory of the innocent victims of the mafias promoted by Libera and Public Notice, in collaboration with Rai and with the patronage of the Municipality of Naples, the Campania Region and the Polis Foundation. LIVE At the head of the procession a large sheet, 20


Thousands of people in procession in Naples to shout their no to all mafias on the occasion of the 27th day of memory and commitment in memory of the innocent victims of the mafias promoted by Libera and Public Notice, in collaboration with Rai and with the patronage of the Municipality of Naples, the Campania Region and the Polis Foundation.

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At the head of the procession a large sheet, 20 meters by 10, with the rainbow of peace that occupies the entire roadway and precedes the banners of the municipalities present.

Many rainbow flags displayed by the demonstrators.

Three hundred buses arrived from all over Italy in the Neapolitan capital, the main square of the event which takes place simultaneously in other Italian cities, from Turin to Rome, from Milan to Bari. victims arrived in Naples from all over Italy.

The procession, as soon as it has started, will cross the center to arrive at Piazza del Plebiscito.

Here - around 10.30 - the names of all 1055 innocent victims of the mafia will be read: ordinary citizens, magistrates, representatives of the police, priests, entrepreneurs, trade unionists, politicians and local administrators.

Along the way, in Piazza Municipio, seat of the Municipality of Naples, the President of the Chamber Roberto Fico, the Mayor of Naples Gaetano Manfredi and the leader of the Cinquestelle Giuseppe Conte will join the procession.

At 11.30 the intervention of Don Luigi Ciotti, president of Libera, will close the event.

"Memory is commitment.

Honoring those who have paid with their lives the right to the dignity of being men, opposing the inhumanity of the mafias

, violence, oppression against their family, the community in which one lives. Memory is a reminder against indifference, to signal that fear is defeated with the affirmation of legality. Because fighting the mafias means fulfilling the promise of freedom on which the life of the Republic is founded ".

This was stated by the President of the Republic,

Sergio Mattarella

, on the occasion of the National Day of Remembrance and Commitment in memory of the innocent victims of the mafia

"I would like to express - continues Mattrarella - my closeness to those who will meet in the national demonstration in Naples and in other Italian squares to repeat simple and exemplary gestures. Civil growth and affirmation of rights are affirmed with the consolidation of citizen participation".

"Defeating the mafias is possible: the results of the relentless action of the police forces, the judiciary and civil society testify to this. Mafias change their skin, business centers, organizational methods. open passages to criminal penetration. Institutions, economic and social forces, territorial communities, individuals: all are called to undertake to fight it and defeat it in order to protect the spaces of civilization ".

"The National Day of Remembrance and Commitment for the innocent victims of the mafia is a warning not to forget in order not to surrender to illegality".

This was stated by the President of the Senate,

Maria Elisabetta Casellati on the anniversary of 21 March

.

"To recall - he continues - the sacrifice of the more than two hundred children, women and men who, from the second post-war period to today, have lost their lives due to organized crime means to give back a name and a face to many blameless martyrs. Only through their memory. we can feed a new culture of legality. A culture founded on the determination to always be vigilant guarantors of the values ​​of justice, democracy and freedom against any attempt at prevarication based on the use of intimidation and force. This is the meaning of the anniversary. that we celebrate today and that we must share especially with the younger generations ".


Source: ansa

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