Next spring will mark 46 years since the kidnapping (with the ambush at Via Mario Fani, which claimed the lives of the five escort members) and murder of Aldo Moro, the Christian Democrats' leader, whose body was discovered in the trunk of a red Renault 4 in Via Caetani in Rome. However, notwithstanding the nearly fifty years that have passed since those momentous 55 days that jolted Italy, the Moro case remains a subject that cannot be entirely relegated to the realm of historical relics, both politically and judicially. Report, Rai's flagship investigative journalism program, reintroduced it to the public conversation. According to Claudio Signorile, the PSI's deputy secretary at the time of the events, at 9.30 a.m. on May 9, a secret phone call alerted the then-Minister of the Interior Francesco Cossiga of Moro's death by the Red Brigades, several hours before the phone call to Professor Francesco Tritto (Moro's assistant at the university) with which brigadier Valerio Morucci announced the death of the Christian Democratic Party's president. Cossiga promptly informed the Interior Ministry of his desire to quit after receiving the communication. "Given that these events occurred 46 years ago, and I was not there at the meeting with Signorile, I cannot recall the police informing Cossiga a few hours before it was publicly announced. As far as I can remember, this long interval of a few hours did not take place," says Luigi Zanda, Cossiga's spokesman at the time, senator of l'Ulivo and then of the Democratic Party for five legislatures, who points out that the former socialist exponent's story "is a far-fetched story." Signorile responds that he has been repeating the situation to Report for years, immediately following the dramatic events: "I think there was an outcome imposed from the outside, I am convinced of it," he says, emphasizing the persistence of "gray areas" and a glimmer of hope for the negotiation that had begun on May 8, the day before the tragic epilogue. Meanwhile, in recent years, among the events highlighted by the legislative anti-mafia commission is the Moro case: "In light of the investigation broadcast yesterday by Report on Rai Tre and the investigative work started in the last legislature by the Anti-Mafia Commission through a committee chaired by me," says M5S MP Stefania Ascari, "I believe it is my duty that Parliament and the Judiciary continue to investigate the murder of Aldo Moro, on the interference of institutional circles in the phases of preparation of the operation, seizure, and negotiations for release, as well as on the possible presence of 'third parties' on the site of the Via Fani massacre. The report I originally signed, approved by the Anti-Mafia Commission in September 2022 and produced with the important input of Judge Guido Salvini, offers certain recommendations that should be investigated. I hope there will be a desire to follow up on the work that has already been completed. It is never too late for truth and justice".
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