In Italy there have been "too many episodes of blood that have wounded a young Republic, which has found itself dealing with political terrorism; with the massacres, sometimes carried out with the complicity of men from whom the State and the citizens should have received defense; with political violence, between young people of opposing factions who breathed the poisoned air of ideological confrontation". This was said by President Sergio Mattarella speaking on the occasion of the Day of Remembrance dedicated to the victims of terrorism. And remembering the president of the DC Aldo Moro, killed 45 years ago by the Red Brigades at the end of a kidnapping that lasted 55 days in which the men of his escort also lost their lives, Mattarella said that Moro was "a man pervaded by love and respect for democracy and the State, animated by a spirit of freedom and solidarity".
To the challenge of terrorism, underlined the President of the Republic, "the State, the political and social forces, have been able to react - despite the initial bewilderment - with courage and decision". "A war that has been won - it is good to underline it, here and everywhere - always fighting on the ground of constitutional legality, without ever giving in to the sirens of those who proposed drastic solutions, as an authoritarian regime. Relying on the law and administration of justice to protect our community. Refusing to place itself outside the democratic nature of our Republic."
Mattarella then said that "there has been much talk in recent decades about terrorism and terrorists. Of their lives, of their accomplices, of their alleged ideologies, of the causes that have been the basis for their choice of armed struggle. Serious deviations made by elements of the State, and for which
we still feel the pressing need to know the full truth".
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Less has been written, however, and talked about the unanimous reaction of the Italian people. Less than the servants of the state, who risked their lives to fight violence and subversion. Less than those who, in factories, universities, in the various workplaces, opposed a
firm and decisive no to those who wanted to overturn democratic rules". But for the head of state "even less has been said of the pain, unspeakable and irrecoverable, of the families from whom the armed struggle or the cowardly attacks have torn a spouse, a child, a parent, a brother or a sister. Yet it was these people, not the terrorists, who made Italian history."
In his speech, the President of the Republic recalled that "the figures of those tragic events are impressive: almost 400 victims for domestic terrorism, to which must be added the fallen for the most recent phenomenon of international terrorism. Among them members of the police, magistrates, military; politicians and activists; managers and trade unionists; journalists; unsuspecting passers-by, including women and children. Everyone was in danger, no one was spared. Each of them is a full part of republican history."
"The democracy of our Republic is nourished by tolerance, patience, confrontation, respect. It is a road that to some seems long and tiring, but it is the only way of progress in coexistence. The only one capable of obtaining and maintaining peace, serenity, well-being, rights to all citizens over time. This is the lesson that comes to us from the many, too many victims of terrorism and subversion. Around their memory we gather today moved to reiterate with determination: no more political violence, no more massacres".
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The memory of Aldo Moro, killed 45 years ago by the Red Brigades
The President of the Republic Sergio Mattarella went this morning to Via Caetani to lay a wreath on the anniversary of the killing of Aldo Moro by the Red Brigades. The body of the statesman of the DC was found 45 years ago in Via Caetani. The ceremony was attended by Ignazio La Russa, President of the Senate, the Vice President of the Chamber Giorgio Mulè and the Mayor of Rome Roberto Gualtieri
Meloni, commitment to never forget the victims of terrorism
"On May 9, 45 years ago, fifty-five days after his kidnapping and the massacre in Via Fani, the Red Brigades killed Aldo Moro. Terrorism reached its highest point of aggression against the State, striking at the heart of democratic institutions and writing one of the darkest pages in the history of our Republic. The barbaric murder of Moro deeply wounded the nation and tore its social fabric, but the Italian people knew how to react by showing unity and cohesion. That unity and cohesion without which the State would not have had the necessary strength to fight and defeat terrorism and subversion. Today Italy celebrates the Day of Remembrance of the victims of domestic and international terrorism and massacres of this matrix and embraces the families and loved ones of each of them. The commitment not to forget what happened must never be exhausted, and it is the precise duty of the institutions to continue also on the path of truth to illuminate those pages that unfortunately still remain obscure and that are waiting to be fully known". This was stated by the Prime Minister, Giorgia Meloni.
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Aldo Moro: 45 years ago the murder and the discovery of the body in Via Caetani in Rome - Politics
May 9, 1978, after 55 days the Moro case ends tragically. His body was found in the rear compartment of a red Renault 4, parked in Via Caetani, a stone's throw from the PCI headquarters in Via delle Botteghe Oscure and a short distance from the DC headquarters in Piazza del Gesù. Here is the chronicle of the discovery through the news of ANSA (ANSA)
