“The time to get to the truth are lung hi, but you have made some steps forward and others will do, because your thirst for truth is also ours”. So Undersecretary to the Prime Minister Claudio De Vincenti is aimed at the Palazzo d’Accursio, the families of the victims of the August 2, 1980 massacre at Bologna station. In his speech during today’s commemoration, De Vincenti has claimed what has been done by the Government, that “it is not limited to ads, but brought concrete facts” to get to the truth. In particular, the Secretary stressed “the progress on the implementation of Law 206 on reparations to the relatives of the victims, on which we are trying to overcome the problems that have so far prevented from applying it fully.” Some of these problems, says De Vincenti, “have already been solved, others will be the law of stability.” A sign, says the leader of the Government, that “the State recognizes the pain of the victims, knowing that nothing can repay it.”
The obstacles on reparations to the relatives of the victims will all be removed in time for the commemoration of 2 August next year. So then promised the Secretary on the sidelines of the celebration this morning in the City Council in Bologna.
Before the procession starts from Piazza Maggiore to the station, De Vincenti reaffirms the commitments made last year on behalf of the Government and maintained: the misdirection offense, Directive Renzi on declassification of documents “that we are applying” and the release, albeit partial, of compensation. So on the law 206 will be all sorted out for next August 2nd? “I think so,” assures the Secretary.
The president of the association of the victims, the deputy Pd Paolo Bolognesi, but fears “the anniversary effect”: promises made by August 2 and then disregarded . “Several things were fatte- claims De Vincenti- there’s anniversary effect, but the knowledge that the memory is the lifeblood of democracy and that the search for truth is an essential part of all this.” Then he adds, also with respect to whistles that in the past the Piazza Bologna has often be attributed to the Government’s representatives: “It is right that everyone expresses their pain and criticism, which should be welcomed in a constructive way. We worked well with the families of victims and we will continue to do so. “
MATTARELLA: GO oN tO FULL TRUTH . “The deadly bomb, that 2 August 1980 claimed the lives of 85 people and caused immense suffering among family and friends, in the city of Bologna and elsewhere in the country, has stamped an indelible mark in the civic consciousness of our people. The ‘view of the train station with retail stopped clock of the tremendous explosion, has become a symbol of the inhumanity delrismo, was under assault at the heart of Italian democracy and the response, firm and supportive, that society and the state were able to give the subversives “murderers. Writes in a statement the President of the Republic, Sergio Mattarella.
“The Bologna massacre – continued – was recorded in a strategy aimed at destabilizing institutions and its matrix has been established by the judicial conclusions. There remain unanswered questions, and memory is also support for not dismissing the efforts to move forward and reach that full truth ”, and that ” Justice premise. the Association of relatives of the victims has deployed in recent years a regular and compelling commitment that, recently, has led to the introduction of screening offense, another tool at the disposal of the judiciary. terrorism – the our country has met and defeated thanks to its unity and loyalty, never failed, the principles of democracy and law – now manifested in the world in new ways, with a ferocity not less certain. the sense of humanity that binds us and democratic values which are based on the absolute value of the person will give us the strength to beat the destructive madness of the new sowers of death. The youngest victim of the massacre of August 2, Angela Fresu, a girl who the murderers and their instigators have denied life, today he would 39 years. With her I would like to remember the names of all those who shed innocent blood that day. “
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