MATERA. As part of the trial on the so-called Sanitopoli Lucana, the Court of Matera acquitted the former president of the Basilicata Region, Marcello Pittella, currently regional councilor of the Democratic Party. In July 2018, the former governor was arrested and placed under house arrest by the Guardia di Finanza and later resigned, with the consequent elections of March 2019 won by the center-right led by Vito Bardi.
“They were difficult, tough years: I was a monster hit on the front page. But I have always had the confidence that time could restore the truth »: thus, in the Palace of Justice of Matera, obviously moved, Pittella commented on the acquittal in the context of the Lucanian Sanitopoli trial. Prosecutor Salvatore Colella had asked for three years of imprisonment. Pittella thanked his lawyer, Donatello Cimadomo, who “has given me great joy”.