Overview
- The commemoration, set by a 2007 law on the date Aldo Moro’s body was found, opened with President Sergio Mattarella laying a wreath in Rome’s via Caetani on Saturday.
- The Senate hosted the state ceremony with the speakers and ministers present, and it began with students singing the national anthem, where Ignazio La Russa called memory a shield for democracy and Lorenzo Fontana warned about renewed intolerance.
- Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni posted on X that not forgetting is a duty and cited Aldo Moro, anti‑mafia activist Peppino Impastato, and judge Rosario Livatino.
- Relatives addressed the chamber and pressed for truth and justice, with Massimo Coco saying they would never give up in the search for answers.
- After the ceremony, coverage reported a dispute over inviting Ustica victims’ associations, as former minister Carlo Giovanardi questioned labeling the still‑contested Ustica air disaster as terrorism.