After surgery Consult. Pogliese, wrong interpretation of the norm
(ANSA) – CATANIA, 24 JAN – The mayor of Catania, Salvo Pogliese, was once again suspended from office. The general secretary of the municipality, Rossana Manno, notified him a note from the prefect Maria Carmela Librizzi, with which he communicated that “the original prefectural decree of suspension of 24 July 2020 (issued pursuant to the Severino law) has resumed its effectiveness it will expire after 18 months in total, net of the suspension period “. The first citizen was sentenced on 23 July 2020 by the Court of Palermo for embezzlement to 4 years and 3 months of imprisonment in the trial for ‘crazy expenses’ at the Ars, on reimbursements to the Sicilian Regional Assembly as vice president of the PDL group. He was suspended the next day by the then prefect Sammartino, but returned to office on December 5, 2020 after an appeal in court. The new decision comes after the Constitutional Court has defined “unfounded questions of legitimacy” that had been raised by the civil judge. “In a completely unexpected way – wrote Pogliese on Facebook – I find myself commenting on yet another act that brings back the hands of my experience as mayor. This afternoon – writes Pogliese on Facebook – I received a note from the Prefect, in the absence of an order by the Court, which informs me of the suspension from the office of mayor. All with an interpretation of the legislation, in the opinion of illustrious jurists, incorrect, in contrast with the same last sentence of the Constitutional Court against me, which sanctioned the ‘precautionary and non-sanctioning legal nature of the suspension’. “For institutional sensitivity I abstain from performing my duties as mayor – adds Pogliese – I will wait for the clarifications of the case before making all the appropriate assessments and making consequential choices”. (ANSA).