Maxi investigation in Liguria for corruption, Salvini: “I also risk prison”
“The initiative of a judge is not enough for me to rule that someone in Bari or Genoa is a bad person. Therefore, I hope that clarity will be clarified as soon as possible”: thus the minister for infrastructure Matteo Salvini, on the sidelines of an inspection of the Aler houses in via Salomone in Milan, he commented on the arrest of the governor of Liguria Giovanni Toti, under house arrest on charges of corruption. “For me – underlined the leader of the League – every Italian citizen is innocent until proven guilty in Bari, in Turin, in Genoa and everywhere. And, therefore, I won’t comment. I’m sorry, but I myself am on trial and risk the jail because I blocked the landings.” “You are innocent – reiterated Salvini – until proven guilty. And this applies to everyone, to politicians, journalists, nurses”.
Corruption, Lollobrigida: “We hope that Toti can demonstrate his non-involvement”
“I have seen that these long investigations, I think I understand three years, end 20 days before the vote with important arrests: we have faith in the judiciary, we hope that President Giovanni Toti can demonstrate his ignorance of the facts, but obviously we can only look at what is happening and try to understand the reasons that led to this situation.” He declared it Francesco Lollobrigida, Minister of Agriculture, Food Sovereignty.
Investigation in Liguria, Tajani: “Toti? I am a guarantor”
“I am a guarantee, in my opinion a person is guilty only when he is convicted in the third degree of judgement. I am guilty for people from the centre-right area who can be involved as well as for those from the centre-left area”. This is the answer you gave to journalists in Gorizia, iForeign Minister and FI leader Antonio Tajani, on the judicial matter involving the president of Liguria, Toti. “I am convinced that Toti will do everything to prove his innocence and his non-involvement in the accusations concerning him. I want to be optimistic and confident for him.”
Investigation in Liguria, Mulè: “There are strong frictions with Toti but I am a guarantor”
“The honor and pride of those who define themselves as guarantor lies in the coherence to be adopted towards anyone – and any political party – who ends up under investigation. It therefore and obviously also applies to the president of the Liguria Region Giovanni Toti, with whom my political relations have also been marked by strong friction”. Thus the vice president of the Chamber, Giorgio Mulé, of Forza Italia. “I wish Giovanni to prove his innocence in the hope that this will happen quickly. Certainly the timing between the requests of the Prosecutor’s Office, dated 27 December 2023, and the judge’s decision which has only now arrived gives pause for thought – he adds -. But all of this, so like the accusatory system, it is good that it finds the right counterbalance in the arguments of the defense and in the subsequent decisions that the judges will adopt”.
Toti arrested for corruption, Lupi: “Trust in the judiciary”. Sala: “Difficult to comment”
“We have faith in the judiciary and we are guaranteed, always: we are certain that the president of the Liguria Region Giovanni Toti will be able to demonstrate his innocence”. This was stated by the president of Noi Moderati Maurizio Lupi. It’s difficult to comment, in fact I’d say it’s impossible. I know Toti well and I also saw him recently in Liguria, I also have a personal relationship with him so beyond this how can you comment on something like that?”. The mayor of Milan said this Giuseppe Sala on the sidelines of the Lombardy stage of the Innovation Days organized by Il Sole 24 Ore underway in Milan, regarding the arrest of the president of the Liguria Region Giovanni Toti on charges of corruption.
Conte (M5S): “Serious facts: Toti must draw the consequences”
“The investigation has just come out, there are precise facts and serious accusations”, President Toti “draws the consequences to keep the institutions safe”. As Giuseppe Conteon the sidelines of the general states of accountants, to those who ask him if Giovanni Toti should resign.
Antoci (M5S): “Toti’s arrest is yet another blow to the credibility of the institutions”
”The connection between politics and criminality seems to be renewed once again in Italy, after the scandals that took place in Bari, Turin, Palermo and Catania. The arrest of the president of Liguria Giovanni TOTI, on charges of environmental corruption, corruption for acts contrary to official duties and electoral promises, is yet another blow to the institutions and citizens. The hypothesis of a crime is disconcerting, according to what emerges this morning.” Thus Giuseppe Antoci, leader of the M5S in the ”islands” constituency at the European elections. “We cannot remain impassive in the face of yet another scandal taking place in Italy – he adds – The moral question must be relaunched with force and urgency. The ‘Pact for legality’ proposed by Giuseppe Conte must become a good practice to be adopted without hesitation ”.
Liguria, the representatives of the M5s in the Justice commissions of the House and Senate: “A new Tangentopoli is emerging”
“From the investigation which led to the president of the Liguria Region Giovanni Toti and other people with important positions under house arrest, the suspicion emerges of an impressive picture of corruption and widespread malfeasance involving politics, the top management of public administrations and the entrepreneurship. It is yet another chapter of a new Tangentopoli that is exploding in 2024 throughout our country. Almost every week news arrives of investigations with increasingly disturbing contents, numerous cases of political-mafia exchange votes and in general a diabolical plot between. public power and personal, particular and often criminal interests. In this context, the government’s action is stubbornly aimed at weakening and delegitimizing all the bulwarks that operate for the control of legality, for the respect of the rules and for the investigation of wrongdoing. We need a radical change in the rules that govern the management of public affairs, the pact for legality proposed in Puglia by the 5 Star Movement should be applied everywhere in the country”. They affirm it the representatives of the M5s in the Justice commissions of the House and Senate Stefania Ascari, Anna Bilotti, Federico Cafiero De Raho, Valentina D’Orso, Carla Giuliano, Ada Lopreiato and Roberto Scarpinato.