President Sergio Mattarella will
not give testimony to a trial into alleged talks between the
State and the Mafia to stop an early 1990s bombing campaign, a
Palermo court ruled on Friday. Mattarella had been called as a
witness by one of the defendants, former Interior Minister
Nicola Mancino. But on Friday Mancino's lawyers said that the
request had been withdrawn. The court decided not to call
Mattarella after prosecutors and lawyers representing other
defendants said they did not object to the withdrawal of the
petition.
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