Napoli. Citizens, associations, schools, unions, shopkeepers and volunteer groups who live and work in the neighbourhood of Fuorigrotta, western area of Naples, have decided to join together, to network against the Camorra. This is how the Committee for the liberation from the Camorra in the Western Area of Naples was born. The heart of the Committee are the "sentinels" Don Fabio De Luca, parish priest of the church of San Vitale and former chaplain of the juvenile prison of Nisida, and Don Pasquale Di Giglio, parish priest of the church of the Good Shepherd. With them, Senator Sandro Ruotolo.
Applause from the Minister of the Interior, Luciana Lamorgese, who speaks of "intolerable episodes of violence". The Committee calls for the installation and activation of video surveillance; a daily presence of law enforcement in critical locations and an increase in municipal police units; schools open in the summer with summer camps and training and support against school dropouts; the restoration of legitimate assignments of public housing; the fight against and dismantling of drug dealing areas; actions against extortion and protection for those who report; an extraordinary plan of interventions for the economic, social and cultural relaunch of the area also in light of the opportunity offered by the PNRR.
Lamorgese, in the message sent to the promoters, spoke of "clear testimony of how security is a community asset to be protected and safeguarded with the contribution of everyone: citizens, schools, associations, volunteer groups, parishes are together called to make a common effort, to give a concrete signal to free the city from criminal oppression and above all to guarantee a better future for the new generations".
The minister was also satisfied with the decision to 'appoint' Nicola Barbato, police superintendent and gold medal for civil valor, as honorary president of the Committee. Barbato was injured, with permanent damage, during an anti-racket operation in 2015 in Fuorigrotta. The Committee was born following the escalation of violence that has been recorded in the neighborhood for months and the environmental, educational and social worsening of the area from which arises "a perception of imminent danger".
"The Camorra - Don De Luca denounces - currently has control over the territory, the State does not and so it is necessary to regain control through the tools available; more men and video surveillance". But alongside repression it is also essential to carry out a preventive action, an educational action. And in fact, starting next autumn, the members of the Committee will go to schools to bring their testimonies and try "to break down indifference" starting with the kids.
"There is an emergency," Senator Ruotolo highlighted. "We must respond to the citizens' need for security. We cannot expect a policeman in every street in Naples, but we can expect teamwork."
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