Italy on Monday marked the 45th
anniversary of the Cosa Nostra murder of Christian Democrat
Sicily Governor Piersanti Mattarella, elder brother of Italian
President Sergio Mattarella.
The anniversary comes after Italian police have reopened the
murder probe and pressed charges against two Mafia boss-hitmen
lifers, Antonino Madonia, 72, and Giuseppe Lucchese, 67, who are
alleged to have acted on the orders of late Cosa Nostra boss of
bosses Salvatore 'The Beast' Riina.
Piersanti Mattarella was gunned down in Palermo at the age of 44
after bravely taking a stand against the then very powerful
Sicilia mafia and members of his own party who were suspected of
helping it.
Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi recalled Mattarella's
"example of commitment and dedication
to the common good" while Reform Minister Elisabetta Casellati
underlined his "vision of a politics free from criminal
conditioning and its commitment to modern and transparent
institutions".
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