«Yesterday was not a nice page for Seminara. Indeed, many people have had to come from outside the country to teach us civilian life ».
He says it to Ansa Gabriella Castellettithe mother of the teenager victim of rape by a group of boys, some of whom at the time minors and including also belonging to families of ‘Ndrangheta, referring to the event “With very little local appearances”says the woman, held yesterday in Seminara. The victim’s family members, invited by the mayor, decided not to participate in the event.
In recent weeks, the family has gone to live in another municipality in Reggio because of the hostility of the fellow villagers towards him, finding accommodation in an apartment found thanks to the intervention of the president of the Calabria Region, Roberto Occhiuto. Six sentences and seven acquittals in the trial celebrated last March, with abbreviated rite, against 13 people celebrated in front of the Palmi gup, in the province of Reggio Calabria. “I thank the coordination” and you sparkle “of palms – adds the woman – but I did not participate because I felt teased and, before that, abandoned».
Contacting the mayor of the town, Giovanni Piccolo, Castelletti complains that “before this moment, there has been no significant action by the first citizen and the entire municipal administration” and criticizes the population, which, he says, “has shown an attitude of indifference”.
“I am deeply convinced – adds the woman – that everyone’s main concern was to restore the image of the city after the media impact”. “How could we participate – also said the woman in reference to yesterday’s event – together with those who still slander us today? What confidence can I store in Seminara to guarantee my daughter’s safety? He believes me – says the woman again by addressing the mayor – all this is degrading ».