In Caivano, the community's trust has been betrayed, as in the case of the swimming pool near the Green Park, publicly funded to serve local youth, but later handed over to private management.
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Don Maurice Patriciello expressed his disappointment during a meeting organized at the Parish of St. Paul the Apostle, with the presence of the prosecutor of Naples, Nicola Gratteri.
“The people of Caivano have been betrayed, like when the swimming pool near the Parco Verde was built with public funds to serve the youth of Caivano, but then it was given to a private individual to manage. And many people from Parco Verde didn't have the money to take their children there."
He then responded to the criticisms of Gratteri, who, addressing the crowd gathered in the church, had underlined the lack of participation of the community during the construction of the sports center and the swimming pool, highlighting their subsequent abandonment.
For Don Patriciello there have been positive changes
Don Patriciello reported that the swimming pool had been the object of vandalism, reported by him and the Captain of the Carabinieri Antonio CavHello, but no attention was paid to the problem until the case of the two abused girls emerged. Only then, with the intervention of Meloni, did the fate of the facility change.
The priest stressed the positive change that has taken place, despite the voices accusing the ministers of only showing off.
"It is a fact that the Church was packed this evening, it is not easy to achieve such a result in areas with a high crime rate. I congratulate Don Maurizio Patriciello, who is the true hero. Stay close to him, do not abandon him, because he and the Prefectural Commissioners are doing beautiful and important things".
Gratteri urges citizens: “Stay close to Don Patriciello”
Said the Prosecutor of Naples Nicola Gratteri before leaving the Church of San Paolo Apostolo, where he listened above all to the citizens – who in fact filled the church – urging them to be an active part of public life. “Often – added Gratteri – important anti-mafia initiatives are organized and not even half of the people who arrived this evening come. In Caivano people want to know and understand, then it is up to us men of the institutions to be credible”.
Article published on 17 December 2023 - 21:48
