Ci are given in Italian history that cannot be forgotten and, One of these is precisely May 23, 1992. That day, at 5:58 pm, a charge of over 500 kilos of mince exploded, tearing the A29 motorway, near the Capaci junction, a few kilometers from Palermo. The attackordered by Cosa Nostra, He killed the judge Giovanni Falcone, his colleague and wife Francesca MorvilloAnd Three men of the escort: Antonio Montinaro, Vito Schifani and Rocco Dicillo. From that day, Italy, every 23 May celebrates the day of legalityto remember who sacrificed their life to make Italy a country free from fear and homeerta.
The day of legality: remember to change
Giovanni Falcone He was not just a magistrate, but a symbol. He had dared to openly challenge the mafia organization, innovating the judicial approach with The Maxi-Pure of Palermo and introducing an investigative method based on the collaboration between prosecutors and law enforcement agencies. Together with his colleague and friend Paolo Borsellinoassassinated less than two months later, he had turned on a light in the darkness: to demonstrate that the mafia could be investigated, tried, condemned.
Education and participation
33 years after the Capaci massacre, The day of legality once again takes on a profound meaning. In fact, it is not only a moment of commemoration, but an opportunity to transform memory into concrete commitment, to report the issue of justice and civil liability to the center of the public debate. The theme chosen this year is: “ideas do not die: legality is participation”.
The word “No Mafia” on the farmhouse overlooking the area of the highway where the Capaci massacre took place (ANSA)
The “ship of legality”
And, in fact, throughout Italy, and in particular in Palermo, thousands of students, teachers, institutions and associations mobilize and meet. To remember the victims of the mafiaspromote civil commitment against all forms of organized crime, every year on May 22, from Civitavecchia, starts with over a thousand students from each region on board, The ship of legalityorganized by the Ministry of Education and the Falcone Foundation. During the crossing, the boys witness debates with magistrates, meet witnesses, family members of victims of mafia and journalists. Upon arrival in Palermo, Students parade in the procession to the Falcone treein front of the magistrate’s house, and participate in various initiatives in the name of memory, justice and legality.
Schools as a garrison of culture and justice
Numerous schools have organized debates, theatrical readings, screenings, meetings, in an attempt to transmit to young people the concept that legality is not something abstractbut a practice that takes place daily. In some cities, students publicly read the names of all the victims of the mafia, in a secular and civil rite that combines memory and awareness. In other cases, Civic education projects developed during the year are presentedfrom the creation of the thematic podcasts with self -produced short films on corruption and organized crime.
Legality as a daily choice
In times when the new generations risk perceiving the mafias as a distant or past phenomenon, the day of legality aims to renew the pact between memory and future, highlighting that it is not enough to remember, but it is necessary to educate to legality since childhoodsupporting critical culture, counteracting corruption and silence, recognizing the value of active participation in democratic life. In short, as he said Antonino Caponnettothe magistrate who led the anti -mafia pool, working alongside Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino: «The mafia fears the school more than the prison. Because it is with knowledge that his shadow breaks».
The future walks on our legs
There Legality day It is therefore not only a moment of memory, but a call to collective action. Giovanni Falcone left us a lively and urgent legacy: not only the duty to remember, but that of continue his battle in the classrooms, in schools, in the streets, every day. Because, as he said himself: “The mafia is a human phenomenon, and like all human phenomena has a principle, its evolution and will therefore also have an end”. Words that continue to remember that the mafia is not a destinybut a phenomenon that can be canceled by history.
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