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14 August 2020 Two years after the collapse of the Morandi bridge, Genoa is preparing for the day of remembrance, dedicated to the commemoration of the 43 victims of the disaster of 14 August 2018. For the celebrations, planned in the area set up under the spans of the new San Giorgio, inaugurated on August 3, will also be attended by the Prime Minister, Giuseppe Conte.  

In a press interview, the premier said that the guilty will be punished. "I do not feel like making promises to people who have suffered such heavy losses. However, I guarantee the commitment to ensure that this tragedy gives rise to a more scrupulous attention by the State for public infrastructure. In these days we are finalizing the negotiations with Autostrade and I trust that the definitive solution will prove to be a concrete signal for them ". Thus the Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte in an interview with La Stampa, two years after the collapse of the Morandi bridge. "We will also continue to be alongside the families of the victims until the ongoing criminal investigations are concluded and the relative responsibilities are not definitively charged". On the responsibility for lack of maintenance "We do not intend to cancel a thing. As far as we are concerned, the agreements we are going to sign do not provide for waivers of any liability actions. Protecting the health and safety of citizens inevitably passes by ascertaining existing responsibilities, past and future, where there are serious breaches and unforgivable negligence ", clarified Conte.




The first appointment will be at 9 in the morning in the church of San Bartolomeo della Certosa where the mass in suffrage of the victims will be celebrated, presided over by the new Archbishop of Genoa, Monsignor Marco Tasca. At 10.30 am, however, in the Glade of Memory, a private ceremony will be held organized by the committee of the victims' families, together with the institutions. Here the arrival of Conte, the ministers of infrastructure Paola De Micheli and of Justice, Alfonso Bonafede, as well as that of the mayor Marco Bucci and the president of the Liguria Region, Giovanni Toti, is expected. 

At 11.36, the time of the collapse, a minute of silence will be observed followed by the reading of some parts of the book dedicated to the victims. A moment of recollection was also foreseen, celebrated by the Imam of Genoa Salah Husein.

In the afternoon, however, at 3 pm, in the Town Hall in Palazzo Tursi, the plaque with the names of those who lost their lives in the collapse of the viaduct of Genoa will be discovered. In the evening, 3 torchlight processions were organized, open to the public, departing from Cornigliano, Certosa and Sampierdarena, and arriving in via Fillak in the new Clearing of Memory, where the larger project of the Parco del Ponte will be built with the memorial designed by the architect Stefano Boeri. 

President Mattarella also wrote a letter on the occasion of the anniversary of the tragedy. Develop and rebuild a reliable culture of safety, adequate maintenance and control that involves and empowers companies, public entities, local and national institutions, universities, the world of research ". This is a passage from the letter that the President of the Republic Sergio Mattarella has written for the XIX century, and which is also reported in La Stampa, on the occasion of the second anniversary of the collapse of the Morandi bridge