ROME, 31 JAN – Battle in the Chamber after Giovanni Donzelli Fdi quotes parts of Alfredo Cospito’s statements reported by the newspaper Repubblica in relation to 41 bis. The Democratic Party and Avs rise up against the Fdi exponent, who spoke during the examination of the bill on the establishment of the Anti-Mafia commission. Donzelli recalled that “on January 12, 2023, Cospito, while talking to the mafiosi, met parliamentarians such as Serracchiani, Lai, Orlando and Verini who went to encourage him in the battle”, asking if “this left is on the side of the state or the terrorists” . “Cospito is a terrorist and he proudly claimed him from prison. He is a tool of the mafia, not just because Cospito says so. From the documents found in the Ministry of Justice, Francesco Di Maio of the Casalesi clan said, meeting Cospito: ‘Piece by piece we will arrive at the result’, which would be the abolition of 41 bis. Cospito replied: ‘It must be a fight against 41 bis, for me we are all the same’. But on the same day, January 12, 2023, while speaking with the mafiosi, Cospito also met the parliamentarians Serracchiani, Verini, Lai and Orlando, who went to encourage him in the battle. So I want to know if the left is on the side of the state or the terrorists,” Donzelli says. The reply from the Pd deputy secretary Peppe Provenzano was immediate, accusing Donzelli of “dirtying a moment of great unity that Parliament has a duty to build on issues of the fight against the mafia”. The M5s deputy and former anti-mafia magistrate Federico Cafiero de Raho also speaks, for whom “Cospito’s position was judged, and on quality his importance is considered from the point of view of an organization with terrorist purposes and under evaluation, before the Cassation court. From this point of view – he explained – I believe that the courtroom should not and cannot interfere”. (HANDLE).
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