a mia Madre (To my mother)

To my mother
On Sunday 19th July 1992 a bomb loaded with 100kilos of explosives blew up in Via Mariano D’Amelio in Palermo.
The anti-mafia magistrate Paolo Borsellino and his escort were murdered.
He was visiting his mother.
Two months before another magistrate Giovanni Falcone, friend and colleague of Borsellino, was killed.
After the attack the diary, which the magistrate used to carry with him and note down information about his inquiry, was never found. It was also known as “red diary” due to its colour.
The history of the Italian Republic is full of massacres caused by people who have never been traced.
The repeated reticence of people to come forward in the quest for the truth is surely due to the very tight and close relationship between state apparatus and criminal organizations.
Borsellino was aware of this close relationship. During his public interviews he would freely discuss his point of view, especially after the murder of his friend, Giovanni Falcone’s.
Both Borsellino and his friend Falcone were trying to reveal the truth; and this exposure cost them their lives.
The many secrets , hidden in the debris of the cars,, trains and planes that have been blown up in the past, the secrets of countless state massacres stand out as a heavy attack on democracy and is the main reason for the deep and strong distrust in the state institutions of Italy.
The lack of speed, inefficiency and even the absence of the any political response (perhaps manipulated by corrupt state apparatus that work to hold the whole system in check through corruption built on favours and bribes) could get us to the point where we forget the deep value of truth.
The disillusion, compliance and standardization of values are part of the web the political apparatus and mafia weave to dull the conscience of the people and help protect its own interests.
Preserving the memory of past events becomes the starting point of changing our future.