Clash on Piersanti Mattarella, Valditara: sterile polemics

"I am here for the inauguration of the school named after Piersanti Mattarella: I was 18 years old at the time and I remember that dramatic photo of President Sergio Mattarella taking his brother, who was murdered by the Red Brigades, in his arms and pulling him out of the car. Piersanti was an exemplar of the fight against the Mafia, of legality, he had started a path of reforms on the issue of public procurement and remembering him with this dedication is an act of great importance'. So said Education Minister Giuseppe Valditara in Irpinia, attributing the murder committed by the Mafia to the Br. "I have said 'victim of the mafia' 20 times,' the minister specified immediately afterwards, speaking to ANSA, 'as can be seen in all the speeches I have given. It was a slip of the tongue, against me a despicable scoundrel".