The first information transmitted by Digos on last Sunday's demonstration in via Acca Larentia in Rome to commemorate the 46th anniversary of the killing of three young right-wing militants: Franco Bigonzetti, Francesco Ciavatta, Stefano Recchioni has arrived at the Rome prosecutor's office .
There are currently five people reported . Far-right militants and some ultras fringe groups were present at the demonstration.
The magistrates will have to evaluate whether to proceed with the formal opening of an investigation file .
The police identified some of the participants and compiled a report on what happened . Investigators are working on the footage from the cameras that immortalized the various phases of the event.
There were no substantial changes to this year's initiative. About a thousand people took part : all with uncovered faces and many well known to investigators dealing with Roman right-wing circles. Dressed in black, they moved like a phalanx, positioning themselves in front of the square in front of the former section of the MSI where a large Celtic cross is painted on the ground. There was then the traditional ritual of the "present" shouted at the top of our lungs for the "fallen comrades" on January 7, 1978 . It will be up to the magistrates to evaluate whether the militants violated the rules with their actions.
There is law 645 of 1952, the so-called Scelba law, which introduced the apology for fascism (article 4) which punishes with sentences of up to two years in prison anyone who "publicly exalts exponents, principles, facts or methods of fascism or the anti-democratic aims of the fascist party". Article 5 of the same law provides for arrest of up to three months for anyone "with words, gestures or in any other way who publicly carries out demonstrations usual to the dissolved fascist party". In 1993 it was the turn of the Mancino law, with similar purposes.
However, rulings of the Supreme Court and the Constitutional Court have restricted the possibility of applying these laws.
However, among the militants who participated in Sunday's commemoration, there was no concern about possible legal consequences. CasaPound has announced that every January 7th it will be in via Acca Larentia .
"The Court of Cassation - said Daniele Schiavulli, former member of Forza Nuova - has already declared that the Roman salute is not a crime and therefore it is not normal to have to justify myself for a crime that I did not commit".
In reality, the final ruling on the Roman salute in public demonstrations could arrive from the Supreme Court on January 18th. In the past the Court had ruled on the issue with conflicting decisions in some cases.
(Unioneonline/vl)