The Head of State,
Sergio Mattarella
, is at the Foro Italico, in Palermo, for the 30th anniversary ceremony of the Capaci massacre.
He was greeted by the applause of the thousands of people who are attending the event.
"Thirty years have passed since that terrible May 23 - recalled Mattarella - when the history of our Republic seemed to stop as if it had been annihilated by pain and fear. The deafening silence after the unprecedented roar effectively represents the disorientation that the country felt. in the face of that unprecedented ambush, in which Giovanni Falcone, Francesca Morvillo, Antonio Montinaro, Rocco Dicillo and Vito Schifani lost their lives ".
"The firmness of his work was born from the deep-rooted belief that there were no alternatives to respect for the law, at any cost, even to that of life.
With the awareness that at stake was the dignity of the functions held and one's own dignity.
He cultivated courage against cowardice, the fruit of fear and fragility in the face of the arrogance of the mafia.
Falcone never abandoned himself to resignation or indifference "."
The avant-garde, lucidly "prophetic" visions of Falcone were not always understood;
indeed in some cases they were also opposed by widespread attitudes in the judiciary itself,
that over time, overcoming mistakes, has been able to make them a common heritage and enhance them.
The judicial system has also been modified to give greater importance to the objective professional qualities of the magistrate with respect to the criterion of mere seniority, not suitable for responding to the needs of the judiciary "." Once again, the fundamental values of our coexistence are at stake .
The violence of prevarication claims to replace the force of law.
With tragic suffering for the populations involved.
With serious damage to the system of international relations.
The restoration of international law, also in this case, is to do justice.
Gathering the witness of Falcone's "vision" means facing today's trials with the same clarity,
so that the cause of justice prevails;
at the service of freedom and democracy ".
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Maria Falcone: "It will be wonderful when we also take Matteo Messina Denaro. When it happens we will toast together, with the Minister of the Interior and of Justice".
At the commemoration of the victims of the
massacres in Capaci and via D'Amelio
, a crowd of students - from all over Italy -, Maria Falcone, numerous members of the government: education ministers Patrizio Bianchi, Interior Luciana Lamorgese, Justice Marta Cartabia, of the Maria Cristina Messa University, of the Foreign Affairs Luigi Di Maio.
To commemorate Francesca Morvillo, Giovanni Falcone, Paolo Borsellino and the men of their escorts, in the thirtieth anniversary of the massacres, there will also be the police chief Lamberto Giannini, the national anti-mafia prosecutor Giovanni Melillo, the Rome prosecutor Francesco Lo Voi.
Rosaria Costa, widow of agent Vito Schifani,
asks for collaboration to find out the truth and launches a new
appeal also to the "men of the state who have betrayed
".
At her funeral she said to the mafia: "I forgive you, but you have to get down on your knees".
In an interview with the Rai radio newspaper (Rai Radio1) he says: "I would say to behave with dignity, even to the police who wear the uniform, not to dirty it as those who have betrayed have done in the past. My appeal is: look for to have a conscience because then you will go and see it with God ".
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The Foro Italico, where a stage has been set up, will see the guests of the Falcone Foundation alternate throughout the day, among them Don Luigi Ciotti, the secretary general secretary of the CISL Luigi Sbarra, musicians, journalists, singers: the participation of Gianni Morandi is expected. and Malika Ayane.
Not far away, in Santa Maria dello Spasimo, Cartabia and Di Maio will take part in a meeting on the fight against organized crime in Latin American and Caribbean countries.
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At 2 pm, in the atrium of the escort office of the Lungaro barracks, the head of the police Lamberto Giannini will lay a laurel wreath in memory of the fallen in the Capaci massacre and an hour later, in the seat of the university rectorate, in Palazzo Steri, the University will remember Francesca Morvillo with the projection of a video and the presentation of the book "Non solo per amore", published for Treccani by Cetta Brancato, Giovanna Fiume, Paola Maggio.
In the afternoon, at 17.58, the time of the Capaci massacre, the victims of the massacre will be commemorated at the Albero Falcone, in via Notarbartolo, in front of the building where the murdered magistrate in Capaci lived, in the presence of the President of the Chamber Roberto Fico .
And shortly after, at 7 pm, in the church of San Domenico, where the magistrate is buried, a mass will be celebrated.
Initiatives are also planned in other Sicilian cities and throughout Italy.
The delegation of young people who will take part in the commemorations will be composed of about a thousand students, coming from Sicily but also from the rest of Italy, and all together they will participate in the day of events together with the Minister of Education, Patrizio Bianchi, and the president of the Falcone Foundation, Maria Falcone.
But this will not be the only sign of the school's willingness to be present and to testify to the essential link between education and the fight against the mafia.
The city of Palermo will in fact host 1,400 sheets made by 1,070 schools that have accepted the appeal of the Ministry of Education and the Falcone Foundation, launched through the #LaMemoriaDiTutti call.
Rita Atria, Peppino Impastato, Don Pino Puglisi, Libero Grassi, Pio La Torre, Lia Pipitone,
Piersanti Mattarella, Rocco Chinnici: students in recent weeks have explored the story of some women and men killed by mafia violence and decorated the white sheets - which the Palermo people used in 1992, in the aftermath of the massacres, to demonstrate their rebellion - with illustrations and messages deriving from their reflection.
They arrived in Palermo from all over Italy, from Como to Favignana, from Rivoli to Lampedusa.
They will be posted in the Foro Italico Umberto I, the place where the official celebration will be held, and on the balconies of the citizens who have agreed to exhibit them during the project period.
In recent weeks, schoolgirls have explored the story of some women and men killed by mafia violence and decorated the white sheets - which the Palermo people used in 1992, in the aftermath of the massacres, to demonstrate their rebellion - with illustrations and messages deriving from them from their reflection.
They arrived in Palermo from all over Italy, from Como to Favignana, from Rivoli to Lampedusa.
They will be posted in the Foro Italico Umberto I, the place where the official celebration will be held, and on the balconies of the citizens who have agreed to exhibit them during the project period.
In recent weeks, schoolgirls have explored the story of some women and men killed by mafia violence and decorated the white sheets - which the Palermo people used in 1992, in the aftermath of the massacres, to demonstrate their rebellion - with illustrations and messages deriving from them from their reflection.
They arrived in Palermo from all over Italy, from Como to Favignana, from Rivoli to Lampedusa.
They will be posted in the Foro Italico Umberto I, the place where the official celebration will be held, and on the balconies of the citizens who have agreed to exhibit them during the project period.
