“Pino Masciari is a citizen of San Sperate. We ask that it not be abandoned by the institutions ”. Rain of solidarity and affection for Pino Masciari from all the sansperatina municipal administration (and not only) who, at the news that the state has seen the escort revoke the witness, reacted by making a united front, even with a letter sent to the prefecture .

But what links Masciari to San Sperate? The Calabrian entrepreneur in the nineties had sunk a severe blow to the 'Ndrangheta, putting several bosses of organized crime behind bars. In 2009 in San Sperate it was decided to grant honorary citizenship to Masciari with a public ceremony. After 13 years (and four councils) the administration made a common front by putting aside political divisions to support the fellow citizen (honorary).

"I ask you to intervene at the Ministry of the Interior and in all the offices you deem appropriate, in support of the situation of the honorary fellow citizen Masciari and that of his family", reads the email sent by the mayor Fabrizio Madeddu to the Cagliari prefecture, "We a big debt towards those who have given everything for the defense of constitutional values such as freedom, the right to work, the right to justice. I thank you in advance for your attention and for your sure commitment to defend the safety of one of my honorary citizens ”.

Words of support also from Pier Paolo Casti, minority councilor of the group L'Alternativa per San Sperate. “I am indignant and disappointed, Pino has so far been an indefatigable living proof that the mafias can be beaten if everyone does their part, but here someone doesn't want to do it anymore. Pino is a citizen of San Sperate, he is one of us, perhaps he keeps in his house the sculpture that we gave him in memory of our colorful town full of artists; his battle is ours, his weapons are the media and social networks and we must do our part by talking (and divulging) as much as possible of the umpteenth betrayal he suffers. Pino don't give up ".

Stefania Spiga, minority councilor of the San Sperate tradition and future group also spoke: “Borsellino said that we must" talk about the mafia ", at any time and in any place. Masciari is one of those people to whom the State owes a lot, witness to how much with the word, with the force of denunciation, he has sown the values of legality throughout the country and has been able to pass them on to the generations of the future. I am the daughter of his testimonies, over twenty years ago I recorded his interventions with my mobile phone and published them on youtube so that everyone could listen to him. I will never tire of saying that the state cannot be silent. It is in the silence and distraction of the state that the Mafia and the 'Ndrangheta continue to do business on the skin of the weakest ”.

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