There is no peace for the Giunta Raggi. While the controversies surrounding the investigation against Environment councilor Paola Muraro continue, the opposition attacks the Mayor of Rome on thethe appointment of the new Councilor for the Budget, Raffaele De Dominicis, the retired magistrate of the Court of Auditors called to replace the outgoing Marcello Minenna, who decided last week to leave his office together with the leaders of Atac and Ama, while the appointment of Carla Raineri was revoked by the Mayor himself.
This time it's not about press rumors. The new commissioner himself provided the perfect assist for the attacks by the Movement's detractors who, during an interview with Corriere della Sera, explained that he had accepted the position in the Capitol "because a friend, the lawyer Sammarco, asked me for availability and I decided to make myself available”.
The lawyer De Dominicis refers to is none other than Pieremilio Sammarco, owner of an administrative law firm and brother of Alessandro, criminal lawyer and defender in various trials of Cesare Previti. We also recall that it was at the Previti studio that Virginia Raggi carried out the famous apprenticeship absent from her curriculum vitae at the time of her candidacy, a choice for which she was severely attacked due to her lack of transparency.
The declarations of the new councilor for the budget in Rome have given way to Criticisms of the Democratic party: "It is the new advance in Rome, the return to the worst government in the capital," said Senator dem Pina Maturani. PD senator Stefano Esposito wonders if Previti also contributed to advancing De Dominicis' candidacy "Did they ask him for an opinion?".
In the meantime, news also arrives on the "Muraro case". The Public Prosecutor's Office of Rome has decided to acquire the speech that Paola Muraro will give this afternoon at the Ecomafie commission, together with Virginia Raggi.
According to what was reported by Repubblica, the Public Prosecutor Alberto Galanti "will ask to attach to the investigation file, in which the councilor is allegedly being investigated for abuse of office and environmental crimes, also the extensive dossier that Muraro has announced his intention to file" .
It should be emphasized that the lawyer of Ama's former collaborator stated that his client has not yet received any notice of guarantee. According to press rumors, Muraro would be investigated for abuse of office and violation of environmental regulations.
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During the hearing before the Ecomafie commission, new details emerged on the investigation against Paola Muraro. The commissioner has been under investigation since 21 April 2016 and was aware of the situation since 18 July. This was stated by the president of the same commission Alessandro Bratti.
“I inform the commission that today I have forwarded to the Rome Public Prosecutor's Office” said the president “a formal request to find out whether Paola Muraro is a person under investigation. The prosecution has replied that proceedings are being taken against him for the following offence: art. 256 paragraph 4, law 152/2006. Muraro was registered in the register of suspects on 21/4/2016. There is no investigative secrecy given that on 18/7/2016 the certificate certifying her registration was issued to Muraro and that she appointed the lawyer Salvatore Sciullo as defender ”.
Mayor Raggi also admitted that he was aware of the file opened on July 19, "But it is a generic dispute and there is still no guarantee notice and above all we made this assessment in a meeting where the former chief of staff who comforted us by telling us that it was all too general to know what we were talking about. As soon as we know something more precise, measures will be taken. The papers were requested from the prosecutor by the councilor and her lawyer.
