"In May 2018, I filed a complaint with the Anti-Corruption Authority, led by Raffaele Cantone, regarding the anomalous administrative management of the Terra di Lavoro Water Consortium, having discovered several irregularities. Today, many months later, I have received notification of the outcome of the supervisory proceedings from the authority, which is about to impose sanctions on the Consortium's executives," stated Senator Vilma Moronese (M5S) from Caserta, Chair of the Senate Environment Committee. She added, "The Consortium falls within the scope of public administration, and this characteristic means that it too is subject to transparency laws, overseen by the ANAC. Among the numerous transparency shortcomings I found was the complete lack of compensation for the governing bodies, as well as for managerial staff, and many other matters that I promptly highlighted in the complaint." Moronese continued, " What I was informed by the President of the Anti-Corruption Authority, Dr. Raffaele Cantone, is that the proceedings following the complaint have been concluded and the Consortium has complied with certain disclosure requirements. At the same time, however, the organization has initiated a disciplinary procedure that could lead to fines of up to €10.000 for managers who withheld information that the law requires be made public."
The transparency rules were reorganized with a legislative decree in 2013 and then again in 2016, and these last changes introduced new elements so that ANAC could impose sanctions directly, thus art. 47 of legislative decree no. 33/2013 was modified "sanctions for violation of transparency obligations for specific cases" and the body led by Raffaele Cantone, gave itself a specific regulation that provides in the second part the procedures for initiating sanctions.
"Everyone knows that the Five Star Movement is a political force that has always led and will always lead battles for transparency, because citizens must be able to freely access all information from public bodies, those who manage their money, and public affairs must always be accountable. Regarding the CITL, we all know that it is a consortium that the Caserta municipalities can freely join. If it is deemed unfit to fulfill its duties, the municipalities that have joined can leave just as they entered. If they remain, it means they find it convenient. We will always be here to monitor and report any violations, no matter who commits them," concludes Moronese.
