Borsellino, in Palermo is the day of remembrance

It is the day of remembrance, in Palermo. The day in which judge Paolo Borsellino and the men of his escort are commemorated, killed in the massacre of via D’Amelio on 19 July 1992. Starting from 9 and until 13, in front of the Tree of Peace, there will be the “Morning dedicated to the world of school”, by the Paolo and Rita Borsellino Study Center. At 10.30 am the Escort for Memory garrison. At 14.45 “The Survivors: escort is memory”, with interventions from the stage of members of the escorts who survived the massacres of the 90s and beyond. At 4 pm there will be speeches by the families of the victims of the Via D’Amelio massacre and by the families of Mafia victims. At 4.58 pm, time of the massacre, the traditional minute of silence will be followed by other interventions by the families of the victims of the Via D’Amelio massacre and the families of Mafia victims. Then, at 5.45 pm a meeting on the theme “Criminal systems and misdirection”, with the magistrates Sebastiano Ardita, Roberto Scarpinato, Giovanni Spinosa and the lawyer Fabio Repici. The journalist Paolo Borrometi will moderate. At 6 pm the mayor of Palermo Leoluca Orlando, at the Lungaro barracks, will confer to the State Police the honorary citizenship of the City of Palermo which will be delivered to the prefect Lamberto Giannini, chief of police – general director of public security. A recognition to all the women and men of the state police which is a symbol of union between the city of Palermo and those who professionally defend and have defended the values ​​of justice, legality and freedom, even with the sacrifice of life . The ceremony will take place in the Domenico Corona hall inside the Lungaro barracks. The commissioner of Palermo, Leopoldo Laricchia, will be present at the ceremony. “Handing over honorary citizenship to Prefect Giannini and symbolically to all the State Police on the day of the Via D’Amelio massacre – said Mayor Orlando – fills me with great emotion. Twenty-nine years ago they were killed by the Mafia and by whoever it has served, belonging to the State Police who with courage and commitment have served the State and believed in a great cultural change. And others and others before and after that terrible 1992 sacrificed their lives for legality and constitutional values The same commitment that every day, in a different time and in a Palermo no longer governed by the mafia, the State Police deepen to protect the legality and protect the community. The conferment of honorary citizenship also intends to remember, therefore stimulate reflection and ask for full truth and justice on the many massacres that have marked the history of our country and our city. And of which there are still too many black holes and unanswered questions “. Then, returning to via D’Amelio, the tricolor lights on the Tree of Peace will be inaugurated at 9 pm in the presence of Mayor Leoluca Orlando. At 9.20 pm “Our Voice”: artistic representation of with two choreographed monologues. And at 9.40 pm Aut Aut in “Burn the earth” tales of the mafia: from the Corleone coup to the present day. A utopia of truth “. Finally, at 10.45 pm screening of the investigative documentary” Uno bianca – Mirare allo Stato “, curated by Roberto Guglielmi and Enza Negroni with the students of the Doc course of the Liceo Laura Bassi in Bologna. pandemic and the prohibitions to demonstrate do not stop the memory. For the twenty-fifth consecutive year the traditional torchlight procession will take place tonight, at 20, in memory of the victims of the massacre in via D’Amelio, on the 29th anniversary. The torchlight procession is organized by ” Forum 19 Luglio “, a sign that transversely groups associations, movements and institutions, and” Comunità ’92 “, a coordination that unites the various souls of the Sicilian right who created the event. Like last year, the Torchlight procession will be static and will take place directly in via D’Amelio starting at 20. Before the usual deposition of the tricolor, some moments of memory in the name of culture are scheduled: the actor Salvo Piparo will recite two of his writings ( “Il Cunto di Santino” on the Capaci massacre and “Letter from a Palermo to Paolo Borsellino”), while the group “I Quattro Passi” (with the extraordinary participation of maestro Massimo Barrale) will play some pieces including the national anthem. During the evening, the unpublished audio of Borsellino will be broadcast, found in the ISSPE archives which will be disseminated by the “Dino Grammatico” Study Center, of a conference held in January 1989 in which the magistrate talks about the fight against the mafia. the magistrate Alfonso Giordano, former president of the maxi trial, recently passed away, will be remembered. “Despite the impossibility of carrying out the procession – says Davide Gentile, spokesman of the“ Forum XIX Luglio ”- we wanted to keep the event longer and participated in Palermo in memory of the fallen of the Via D’Amelio massacre. It will be July 19 dedicated to culture, one of the most important weapons in the fight against the mafia. The voice of Paolo Borsellino that we will hear in via D’Amelio will be the best way to renew our commitment to this land ”.