Commissioner in Marcianise, the prefect appoints Ciro Silvestro

Commissioner in Marcianise, the prefect appoints Ciro Silvestro. Appointed after the resignation of the 14 councilors.

The Prefect of Caserta, Giuseppe Castaldo, has submitted a proposal to the Ministry of the Interior to dissolve the Marcianise City Council, simultaneously ordering its suspension.

Antonello Velardi's term as mayor of Caserta has officially ended, following the resignations of fourteen city councilors. The prefect has appointed Ciro Silvestro, deputy prefect of the Caserta prefecture, as prefectural commissioner to temporarily manage the institution.

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Silvestro will therefore be responsible for leading the organization until the next round of elections to choose the mayor, scheduled for next spring.

Antonello Velardi, former editor-in-chief of the daily newspaper Il Mattino, mayor of Marcianise for two terms, had to give in this time too because the opposition councilors who had left his majority had filed their resignations.

Velardi had recently shared his farewell address with residents on Facebook. "Today is my last day as mayor of Marcianise, as I had previously announced," he wrote in a post. "14 city councilors, 11 from the opposition and 3 from the majority, have announced their signing of a resignation document that will be presented to the city council this evening. A long period, both political and personal, has come to an end: I tried to contribute to the growth of my city, but they didn't let me."

"I have no personal regrets - adds the journalist - I did what was right to do, and that is to never give in to non-negotiable issues. I have never given in my entire life, I could not deviate now to keep my seat. My vision of the city is not the same as that of the 14 councilors who are sending me and my administration home.

There will be time to reflect; certainly the circumstance that in Marcianise the mayors are leaving early, with a few exceptions, is striking. For the city it is certainly a trauma, the plot of things to do is broken again and many of them can no longer be resumed. Patience, this is floating wood. I allow myself to addarrive that the city is much further ahead than politics, that's for sure."

"Personally, I'll stop here. I have the right now to take care of myself and my loved ones. - announces - I neglected them. I thank those who are already telling me to try again, but I have to disappoint them. I paid too high a price, and life is only one. It was beautiful, bye everyone."

Velardi, 58, was first elected with the Democratic Party in 2016, ousted in 2019, and re-elected with a civic list in 2020.