“Ricordare le vittime è la nostra risposta non violenta alla violenza della mafia.
Guai se smettessimo di ricordare, significherebbe darla vinta a loro”. Con queste parole, Paolo Siani, fratello di Giancarlo Siani, ha commemorato oggi il 39esimo anniversario dell’assassinio del giovane giornalista de The morning, killed by the Camorra on September 23, 1985. The ceremony took place at the Rampe Siani, the place where Giancarlo was shot to death by organized crime hitmen.Autorità cittadine, studenti e familiari si sono riuniti per deporre una corona di fiori in the memory di Siani. Presenti anche alcuni studenti dell’IIS Siani di Napoli, che hanno esposto uno striscione raffigurante la Mehari verde, l’auto su cui Giancarlo fu ucciso, con la scritta: “He who fights for the truth never dies.”
Paolo Siani has made an appeal to the new generations, inviting them to visit the symbolic places of memory, such as the Siani Ramps and the Mehari exhibited in San Giorgio a Cremano, next to a wall that portrays 276 innocent victims of mafia. “I think that if we started to tell the story of the mafia from the point of view of the victims – added Paolo Siani – the kids would understand much more how wrong and disgusting it is to follow criminal models, who seem invincible, but who in reality are just murderers”.
The ceremony was attended by numerous authorities, including the mayor of Naples, Gaetano Manfredi, the prefect Michele di Bari, the police commissioner Maurizio Agricola, the vice president of the European Parliament Pina Picierno, the MEP Sandro Ruotolo, the president of the V Municipality Clementina Cozzolino and the general secretary of the Cgil Naples and Campania, Nicola Ricci.
“Giancarlo Siani is dead physically, but not in our hearts” declared the prefect Michele di Bari. “It is a symbol of change for the new generations, a warning to always choose the path of legality and not the shortcuts that lead to violence and crime.”
Article published on 23 September 2024 - 11:49
