 The first Antimafia Commission of the Italian parliament in the 1970s accepted the origin based on "omu" on the authority of Antonio Cutrera, with no reference to Spanish.The basic principle of "omertà" is that it is not "manly" to seek aid from legally constituted authorities to settle personal grievances.The suspicion of being a (an informant) constitutes the blackest mark against manhood, according to Cutrera.