Anti-mafia, the Verini dem in Colosimo: “The first meeting of the commission at the confiscated Casa del jazz”

ROME – “The first meeting of the Anti-Mafia commission should be held in the Casa del jazz in Rome, a symbol of the victory of the state against crime”. So says the group leader of the dem Walter Verini that in the first presidency office of the newborn – amid controversy – the Antimafia commission makes the proposal to colleagues and others Clare Colosimoelected only by its majority at the top of the commission due to its ancient ties with the exponent of the Nar Luigi Ciavardini. A historic commission that has seen among its leaders Gerardo Chiaromonte, Luciano Violante, Beppe Pisanu And Rose Bindi. Colosimo welcomes the invitation, even if he reserves the right to decide at the next meeting when the formalities accompanying the launch of the more strategic and “visible” commission in terms of political alignment against crime will be closed. But Colosimo’s is by no means a preclusive no. Far from it.

Moreover, Senator Verini’s proposal is impeccable. Precisely because it is highly symbolic, given that the entire history of the Casa del jazz demonstrates how the State can not only reappropriate an asset, but make it a symbol of the fight against the mafia. Just like the then mayor said Walter Veltroni when the complex, seized from the cashier of the Banda della Magliana Enrico Nicolettiwas entrusted to the Municipality of Rome by Margherita Vallefuocothen extraordinary commissioner of the government for the management and destination of assets confiscated from criminal organizations.

“The house of death becomes a house of life” said Veltroni. And so it was. Even if the stele at the entrance with the names of 683 victims of the mafia from 1893 to 2005, the result of Libera’s collaboration, does not allow us to forget the past. And it is certainly no coincidence that among the “tenants” of the Casa del jazz there is also the Oxygen Association for Information, the group that documents the many cases of journalists being threatened precisely because of the work they courageously carry out.

In short, there would be so much to tell about the Casa del jazz from the inauguration with Don Luigi Ciotti president of Libera e Nando Dalla Chiesa. What is certain is that, as Walter Verini says, it is the “right place to launch the new Antimafia”. The senator dem asks it publicly: “No to an Antimafia closed in its rooms, yes to an Antimafia that opens its work in a place that is symbolic of the fight against the mafia”. From Colosimo comes a “thank you for the proposal” followed by his “clearance for me”.