In Mergellina the memory of Francesco Pio Maimone on his 20th birthday

Francesco Pio Maimone killed in Mergellina. The family and the Institutions remember him on his birthday.

IERI (Yesterday) Francesco Pio Maimone, killed in Mergellina on the evening of March 20, 2023 by a bullet fired from the gun of a peer, would have turned 20.

The young pizza chef of Pianura  he was remembered by the family, by thebrotherly friend Carlo, who held his hands as he died, and by the city and ecclesiastical institutions, right in front of the kiosk where the tragedy took place.

Antonio Maimone, father of Francesco Pio wanted to say a few but significant words: “We hope to send a strong signal to young people. We will continue his good example.”

The prefect of Naples, Michele of Bari Instead he was keen to point out: “The efforts that the State is making for Naples are enormous.

More staff assigned, video surveillance, extraordinary measures from the Ministry of the Interior, maximum attention but we must accompany it with social paths, the age of fights is getting lower and lower, today my presence is to say that the State is there and is also at the side of these parents".

Instead the municipal councilor Antonio De Iesu, former police commissioner of Naples, announced yesterday that “there will soon be an improvement thanks to a contract with 2 million in funds for security”.

"We must always remember and honor the memory of the victims, since too often delinquents, baby criminals and Camorristi are honored. I want to thank Francesco Pio's family for the courage and dignity with which they defend the memory of their son.

Since the day of Kekko's killing, he has been serving a sentence for which there will never be an end, they will live an eternal pain. My personal praise goes to Carlo, the best friend of Kekko, who held his hands as he breathed his last and was not afraid to testify against those responsible. We must learn from those who have healthy values”, the comment of the Green MP, Francesco Emilio Borrelli.

Among those present, in addition to the Polis Foundation group, there were also the guarantor of prisoners Samuele Ciambriello, the anti-Camorra priest of Caivano; the regional councilor Roberta Gaeta; the municipal councilors Chiara Marciani and Antonio De Iesu; and the councilor of the I Municipality of Europa Verde, Benedetta Sciannimanica. and the professor Antonio Lazzaro who together with the children of the comprehensive institute 68esimo Rodinò di Barra, dedicated a song to Francesco Pio.