“Today's arrests mark a dramatic turning point in the political history of poggiomarino. The investigation that led to the arrest of Mayor Maurizio Falanga and his deputy is based on serious accusations of political-mafia vote-trading, shedding light on an alleged collusion between politics and organized crime.
The revelations of the repentant boss, Rosario Giugliano, were already a disturbing alarm bell. His statements, dating back to last December, feared agreements between local politics and clans, agreements that we as the Democratic Party had already denounced, thanks to Sandro Ruotolo and the parliamentary questions presented by Marco Sarracino and Arturo Scotto.
With today's arrests, the Judiciary arrives before the Government. For Poggiomarino, this is a bad page in its political and administrative history. Not even during the most difficult periods of the Camorra war had the local administrative leaders been arrested" - said Giuseppe Annunziata, metropolitan secretary of the PD, who in 2020 led the center-left coalition defeated by Maurizio Falanga as a candidate for mayor.
Article published on 21 October 2024 - 12:35
