yes, but it cannot be disputed that he was connected to the mafia because before 1980 it was proven but too much time passed and the crime became statute-barred; even after 1980 there is evidence that he was in collusion, such as the meeting with the boss Andrea Mangiaracina in 1985
Yep, I do believe that him and the Italian state used Cosa Nostra not the other way around, but in Sicily they needed the votes.
