1966, Agrigento - The letter to the Minister of the Commission Martuscelli Minister, when to deliver the results of two months of intensive work, while acknowledging that the short time available and the complexity of events and situations, not allowed to push the investigation until all of all knowledge, or perhaps to drop the whole matter in a balanced allocation, the Commission considers that the weight of the substantial evidence collected, from which I am been able to draw the general specifications, is enough to illuminate the facts and law. the concatenation of historical events and the behavior of subjects. A response to the pressing questions of the opinion public can now be given, and given by the Commission.
Men in Agrigento, have erred, strongly and stubbornly, in terms of administrative behavior and performance techniques, in the guise of public leaders and as private operators. The damage of this line, woven of sins consciously desired, acts of malfeasance made and sustained, the arrogant exercise of discretion, disregard of democratic conduct, is huge for the city of Agrigento. Huge
in its very physical substance and hardly measurable in economic terms, it becomes immeasurable for social, civil and human. The City of
"tolli 'Is no longer a time of Agrigento.
The urban face, disfigured, perhaps in part can be recovered with generous planting of greenery in their hands, wound healing and the mending tissue, but difficult, and some with very high costs, will take on the appearance of a decent city \u200b\u200bof man: the wounds inflicted, even cured, remain long. But even more delicate
it poses the problem of human relationships, that with the investigation and punishment of crimes, calls for an end to the suffering of the people of Agrigento, long oppressed by an arbitrary.
is for these reasons that the funds pro Commission considers that it has accomplished in accordance with the truth, the law and principles of human society, its mandate and provided elements for a peaceful and effective review proposals.
The seriousness of the facts established without a doubt puts the situation in Agrigento to the limit of the possible combinations of the many negative factors that contribute to the formation of a city, its growth and its leadership.
And the landslide, which occurred in this city, could be said in a sense consistent with this aberrant situation of urban-building.
But the Commission, calling the acts, feels obliged to draw the attention of the Minister, Members of Parliament and all the heads of government and local authorities, the gravity of the situation planning and building of the country, which has found its expression in Agrigento limit.
It can not, in concluding, we not hope that this concrete analysis starts from a serious stimulus in putting a stop - and irreversible decision - the process of disintegration and urban looting.
The problem can not, of course, be resolved that a new planning law - the issue should not be further postponed - but until such law comes into force and its positive effects and renovators, it is essential and urgent 's adoption - possibly in the form of decree-law - some incisive and essential rules of immediate operation, designed to hasten the formation of plans to eliminate plans and regulations relating to the most severe deformities and aberrant indices too large of authorization and to prevent the most visible signs of avoidance and speculation.
If, by a serious examination of the urban-construction of Agrigento may emerge, with the expansion of the horizon and a clear desire operational, concrete acts of urban progress, the landslide of Agrigento will not only be remembered as a disaster, which highlighted serious local pathology, but may open a new chapter in urban history of the entire country.
Michele Martuscelli, Amindore Ambrosetti, Giovanni Astengo, Nicola Di Paola, Giuseppe Guarino, Molajoli Bruno, Angelo Russo, Cesare Valle Rome, October 8, 1966