Overview
- Prosecutor Salvatore De Luca said the hypothesis tying Stefano Delle Chiaie to the Capaci and Via D’Amelio attacks is baseless, citing a decisive GIP archival and judging key testimonies from Walter Giustini, Alberto Lo Cicero and Maria Romeo not credible.
- De Luca identified the ‘mafia‑appalti’ dossier as the current evidentiary focus and described it as a possible contributing cause in the killings of Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino.
- He accused the then leadership of the Palermo prosecutor’s office of isolating and overexposing Falcone and Borsellino, pointing to inopportune conduct by Pietro Giammanco and Giuseppe Pignatone as factors that could have made them targets.
- Giuseppe Pignatone and Gioacchino Natoli are reported under investigation in Caltanissetta in relation to the handling of the ‘mafia‑appalti’ file, with De Luca noting no proof of corruption but highlighting potential conflicts and inappropriate actions.
- The Caltanissetta office says it is pursuing all main hypotheses yet has solid leads only on the contracts‑mafia track, drawing praise from FdI and FI and criticism from M5S and PD over the parliamentary setting and lack of adversarial process.