Ruotolo to Salvini, enough is enough, we need to intervene

“Enough, do you want someone dead, yet another innocent victim before intervening? Minister Salvini, we no longer trust you”. This was stated by Sandro Ruotolo, journalist, president of the Committee of Inquiry into the Camorra of the Municipality of Naples, speaking about the gunshots fired at the Di Matteo pizzeria in the Decumani. “There are areas of Naples that are out of control – adds Ruotolo – they are shooting in Forcella, they are shooting at the Tribunali, they are shooting in Ponticelli, in San Giovanni a Teduccio, in the Rione Sanità. Targeted attacks and roadblocks against the city’s best. Minister Salvini, we no longer trust you, it is useless for you to come to Naples to promise more men and resources. You are like your predecessors. We are tired of catwalks and commitments on paper”. According to Ruotolo, "the bullets fired at the Di Matteo pizzeria, in chronological order the last pizzeria in the old center of Naples to be attacked, also tell of a particular interest of the criminals in getting their hands on the business linked to tourist activities and the symbolic places of the rebirth of the heart of the city. An increase in tourism that could stop due to the fear that certain now systematic episodes spread in a sector that lives mainly on reviews and word of mouth". (Adnkronos) - These commercial activities, Ruotolo reminds us, "must be able to work in compliance with the rules, but also in complete serenity: it is the full, lively and bright streets of the historic center that have replaced the deserted and dark streets of a few years ago. And the city we imagine is the lively one of the Decumani, with the shutters raised and not closed due to fear and the lack of support from Naples that has tried to change in recent years". Ruotolo turns to Salvini explaining that he is waiting for "concrete answers. We are giving it our all. There are neighborhoods where you can breathe the air of freedom, where institutions and civil society do their part. Naples is freeing itself. But it also needs answers from the government of Rome