The Senate has given the final green light to the establishment of a commission of inquiry into the cases of Emanuela Orlandi and Mirella Gregori, two girls from the Vatican who disappeared in Rome in 1983, about a month and a half apart. At the end of the vote by show of hands, long and warm applause was heard.
40 years after the disappearance of Emanuela and Mirella, Parliament can begin to work towards finding out the truth. Now that the commission has been established, members will need to be elected: 40 deputies and 40 senators.
Pietro Orlandi: “I apologize for abstaining”
“An important step, I apologize for abstaining,” Emanuela’s brother Pietro Orlandi said. “Today there were a few abstentions, such as Casini and Gasparri. I was not happy with the abstentions, I would have preferred them to say no”. Of Gasparri he added: “I didn’t appreciate it: he brought up Wojtyla again, asked for veneration of saints. He talked about the Lateran treaties”.
Speaking in Parliament, Forza Italia senator Maurizio Gasparri said: “If the commission of inquiry has to seek the truth, so be it. But the Senate and the Assembly cannot allow this to become a media theater, like some television programs. John Paul II is on trial. I personally cannot tolerate this.” “I’m not ready. The commission of inquiry cannot become an attack on the saints without having to talk about atheists.” Gasparri announced that he would seek to sit on the commission precisely to avoid this.
Pietro Orlandi: “The truth cannot be hidden forever”
Despite the abstention votes, Pietro Orlandi stated that he was happy and said, “I was waiting for this news with confidence. I believe that we will reach the truth, it cannot be hidden forever. This Commission will be able to do much more.” The Vatican investigation can do this” (The Vatican sent the documents to the prosecutor’s office in June, ed.).
Pietro Orlandi’s lawyer, Laura Sgrò, said: “We hope that the commission of inquiry will start as soon as possible”, recalling the words of the supporter of Vatican Justice and emphasizing that she was pleased with this “harmful intervention” of Parliament in the matter. This is how Alessandro Diddi described a possible commission of inquiry into the Emanuela Orlandi case. “Good work to the MPs who will deal with this issue, which has been waiting for the truth for forty years,” Sgrò concludes.
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