The Banana Republic

The episode of Annozero scored once again plays a great result: it was seen by 5,844,000 viewers with a share of 23.32 percent. It had followed a prosecutor in Palermo where they were called Sandro Ruotolo and Frank Viviano for some clarification on what is revealed yesterday.

"As far as my responsibilities as Minister of the Interior, I confirm that in '92 no one told me about possible negotiations." Nicola Mancino, now vice president of CSM, so reply to the allegations made by his predecessor Claudio Martelli.

The program was mentioned Annozero secret negotiations between parts of the state and mafia leaders, including in relation to the massacres of 1992 and, according to Martelli, Paolo Borsellino was informed of this deal three weeks before being killed. That's been negotiated, reaffirmed today Michele Santoro, and "continued even after the massacre in Via D'Amelio," added the driver commenting on the words of Mancino.

After the statements made yesterday, the reporter Annozero Sandro Ruotolo and Repubblica Francesco Viviano were questioned as witnesses in the prosecution this morning in Palermo, just about the revelations about the negotiations between the State and the Cosa Nostra. Ruotolo, heard by the prosecutor Antonio Ingroia and substitute Nino Di Matteo, told how things went during the preparation of the episode, confirming what he was told personally by former Justice Minister Claudio Martelli, namely that Paolo Borsellino Liliana Ferraro was informed that the police were looking for a cover 'institutional' to any negotiations with Cosa Nostra through Ciancimino. Now also be called Claudio Martelli and Liliana Ferraro: the two must explain why in these 17 years have not gone to attorney to report the news revealed last night, and must explain to the magistrates of Caltanissetta investigating the massacres of '92, and those Palermo seeking to shed light on the negotiations.

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