The testimony of the President of the Republic Giorgio Napolitano before the Court of Assizes of Palermo in the trial on the alleged State-Mafia negotiation in the early XNUMXs lasted about three hours.
The Head of State "responded to the questions without opposing limits of confidentiality connected to his constitutional prerogatives or objections regarding the strict pertinence of the chapters of evidence admitted by the Court itself", says a press release from the Quirinale, which also states that Napolitano has answered "with the utmost transparency and serenity".
Other news on the hearing comes from the lawyers present during the deposition. "Giorgio Napolitano reported that, at the time, he had never heard of agreements" between state apparatuses and Cosa Nostra to stop the massacres, said Gioivanni Airò Farulla, a lawyer for the Municipality of Palermo.
"The word 'negotiation' has never been used", the lawyer reported again, according to which the Head of State "also answered the questions of Totò Riina's lawyer".
