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July 19, 2020 "The limpid figure of Judge Borsellino, who affirmed that those who die for legality, justice, liberation from the yoke of crime, do not die in vain - will continue to show the way of courage to magistrates, citizens, young people , of moral intransigence, of authentic fidelity to the values of the Republic ".Thus began the long declaration of the President of the Republic, 28 years after the mafia massacre in via D'Amelio in Palermo, in which the magistrate Paolo Borsellino and five escort agents were killed.
"On July 19, 1992 a terrible explosion in via D'Amelio in Palermo broke the life of Paolo Borsellino and five agents of his escort, Emanuela Loi, Agostino Catalano, Vincenzo Li Muli, Walter Eddie Cosina and Claudio Traina. I wish to remember them, renewing closeness and participation in the unquenchable mourning of their families "
" After so many years - writes President Sergio Mattarella - the pain, indignation and anguish for that heinous attack against a magistrate symbol of the commitment against the mafia, who shared with his inseparable friend Giovanni Falcone very successful investigative ideals, objectives and investigative methods "
" Borsellino represented, with his personality and his behavior, all that the mafia and his acolytes detest and fear most: courage, determination , incorruptibility, sense of the state, knowledge of criminal phenomena, professional competence. His reputation as an exemplary magistrate increased simplicity and ca peace of being a team, away from personalities and desires for leadership. Added to this was the firm will to go ahead, not to give up even in the face of risks, attacks, misunderstandings and hostilities, "writes Mattarella again.
" I am particularly close - concludes the head of state - to Paolo Borsellino's children in this sad anniversary. As they experience every day, nothing can make up for such a serious loss. "