Castellammare, Democratic Party member Ruotolo's outburst: "Mayor, your administration is at the end of the line."

Castellammare– A real j'accuse, which tears the veil off the city's political crisis and fears of criminal infiltration. In a very harsh open letter, MEP and member of the Democratic Party's national secretariat, Sandro Ruotolo, addresses the mayor Luigi Vicinanza, from Castellammare di Stabia, delivered a statement of uncompromising conduct: “This administration, under these conditions, has reached the end of the line.”

Ruotolo, who is also a city councilor and was among the supporters of Vicinanza's 2024 candidacy, publicly breaks all hesitation. He does so by citing the DDA investigations, which, he says, "have confirmed a very serious situation" following the unheeded reports made months ago by the Camorra Observatory, promoted by the Democratic Party itself.

The core of the accusation is political and moral: the mayor allegedly sacrificed transparency for "cynical realism," accepting a broad and questionable electoral alliance just to win.

"Fourteen lists supporting you, also the offspring of that parallel power, are too many," writes the Democratic Party leader. "Castellammare is exactly the model we shouldn't follow. We were supposed to build insurmountable walls against the Camorra, but instead, loopholes have opened up. And today, those loopholes have become, for the judiciary, investigative leads."

The letter lists the critical issues: city councilors related to clan members, shady issues surrounding Arena Beach and waste management, and possible voter manipulation. "The vote was tainted, and the City Council is compromised politically and morally," Ruotolo states, recalling that he first raised the case of councilor Francesco Oscurato, who was defended in court by the mayor.

While announcing that, out of institutional conscience, he will vote on the budget, Ruotolo warns that the national Democratic Party will decide what to do next immediately afterward. "I've always said that when the appropriate bodies intervene on the moral issue, politics has already lost and must step back. This is the moment of truth. For Castellammare. For democracy."

A stance that shakes the foundations of the majority and forces Mayor Vicinanza to respond publicly, while the shadow of judicial investigations looms over the City Hall.