Create a territorial network between institutions, schools, judiciary, law enforcement and the world of work, with the aim of providing young people with concrete tools, credible examples and trust in institutions. This is the objective that the CISL Magna Grecia has set itself, led by the general secretary Daniele Gualtieri, with the launch of a path of institutional collaboration aimed at the prevention of illegal phenomena, which also materializes in moments of training and discussion with young people to consolidate the culture of legality. The second stage of the project “Seeds of legality – Culture and development for the future of the territory” was included in this path, held yesterday in the “Vincenzo Scaramuzza” Municipal Theater of Crotone, which followed the first appointment in Catanzaro with the prosecutors Nicola Gratteri and Salvatore Curcio and which had as its protagonists the students of the schools of the Pythagorean city, invited to deal directly with the institutions, the judiciary and the police on the value of legality in daily life.
The meeting was introduced by the general secretary of the CISL Magna Grecia, Daniele Gualtieri, and saw institutional greetings from the Prefect of Crotone Franca Ferraro, the vice president of the CZ-KR-VV Chamber of Commerce Emilia Noce and the general secretary of the CISL Calabria Giuseppe Lavia. Speakers included the Head of the DIA Operations Center Beniamino Fazio, the provincial Commander of the Guardia di Finanza of Crotone col. Pierfrancesco Bertini, the provincial Commander of the Carabinieri col. Raffaele Giovinazzo, the Police Commissioner of Crotone Renato Panvino, the Prosecutor of the Republic Domenico Guarascio and the Undersecretary of the Ministry of the Interior Wanda Ferro.
The General Secretary of the National CISL Daniela Fumarola brought the conclusions.
“The objective of the initiative – explained Daniele Gualtieri – is to build a solid network between the judiciary, institutions, law enforcement agencies, schools and the world of work, to dialogue with young people in a direct and concrete way on the value of legality. ‘Seeds of legality’ is not a formal conference, but a moment of real discussion. Establishing a new culture of legality means practicing it every day, with coherence, individual and collective responsibility, and with the ability to form a team among all the actors of the territory”. Gualtieri then underlined the need to keep a high level of attention on the issues of labor exploitation, gangmastering, criminal infiltration in public contracts, and invited the young people not to give in to resignation, to believe in their own means and not to accept downward compromises.
The CISL Calabria general secretary Giuseppe Lavia remarked that “the initiative represents a seed of legality, but also a seed of hope and a future. Legality is a precondition for all growth and development, and our commitment is to promote decent work, protect the perimeter of public procurement from criminal infiltration and testify that another Calabria is possible. The police, the judiciary, the schools and the companies that resist demonstrate that we can build growth together, cohesion and development”.
“The CISL initiative – underlined the Undersecretary of the Interior Wanda Ferro – demonstrates that the fight against youth deviance and the affirmation of legality requires a real network between institutions, law enforcement agencies, judiciary, schools, families, the business world and civil society. As a Government we are investing in prevention, education and regulatory tools to combat phenomena such as bullying, cyberbullying and illegality on social media. The protection of children depends on concrete interventions and the active role of families and the community, which must support, dialogue and offer examples of responsibility”.
After the interventions of the leaders of the Police Force – who each brought a contribution relating to their own skills, inviting the children to have a relationship of trust with the men and women in uniform – Prosecutor Guarascio underlined the importance of speaking to the children with the language of examples: “More than with words, with the testimony of stories, with presence, because many times the State is perceived as an enemy, especially in Calabria, as something distant. Occasions like these eliminate the meters between those who represent the institutions and the children, and they are a good starting point to ensure that they begin to feel like citizens already at their age”.
Concluding the meeting, the general secretary Fumarola stated that “we must continue this path of legality starting from schools, because it is there that the citizens, workers and entrepreneurs of the future are formed. Legality is especially useful when there are many resources to spend in the territories: the risk is that organized life sets in. Starting from schools means offering children and institutions the certainty that a path of legality exists. Everyone must do their part, investing in respect for the rules and for others. students must have concrete examples: magistrates, journalists, citizens who have lived legally demonstrate that a fulfilled life is built in compliance with the law. Illegality, on the other hand, is a cancer that accompanies one for the rest of one’s life.”