Naples, the Fit on the tobacconist's death: 'We ask for security, the State's response must be strong and convincing'

Naples. "We are heartbroken. In these weeks we have prayed and hoped together with the family, but unfortunately Ulderic he didn't make it and paid with his life for the insecurity in which we are forced to live. I lose a colleague but above all a friend". These are the moving words of the Provincial President of the Italian Federation of Tobacconists of Naples, Francesco Marigliano, who on behalf of the entire category expresses closeness to the wife and daughters of Ulderico Esposito, the tobacconist at the Chiaiano station who was attacked last June 9 outside his tobacconist's shop. "I thank Mayor Luigi De Magistris and Councilor Alessandra Clemente for the solidarity and interest shown to the family of the colleague but at the same time I ask them for a further effort. We need - continues Marigliano - a strategy to fight degradation that necessarily involves strong action by the State". "An absurd story that has once again hit the tobacconist category hard. An honest worker, a father who paid with his life for his attachment to his work and to the community in which he lived,” underlines the National President of FIT, Giovanni Risso. “Acts of unheard-of violence like this leave us speechless, but it is precisely in these moments that words must come out strong, clear and convincing. As strong, clear and convincing must be the response of the State.” “We once again launch a cry of alarm and ask the institutions and the police to strengthen control over the territory and to prepare, as a matter of urgency, security measures to deal with the spread of crime. Such dramatic events, episodes of such violence, shake and affect the entire community. Now that’s enough,” concludes the National President of the Italian Tobacconists Federation, “we ask for security.”