L’AQUILA – The Superior Council of the Judiciary has indicated, after careful screening, the magistrates Alberto Sgambatigeneral advocate at the L’Aquila General Prosecutor’s Office, e Antonio Laronga, deputy prosecutor in Foggia, as the only two candidates vying for the position of district anti-mafia public prosecutor in L’Aquila.
The competition was announced months ago following the retirement of Michele Renzo. Currently the Public Prosecutor’s Office is headed by the regent Fabio Picuti, He too is about to move to a new destination in the autumn at the Court of Cassation where his colleague from L’Aquila is also destined Simonetta Ciccarelli. They also left that prosecutor’s office Stefano Gallo landed in the Court of Appeal e Marco Maria Cellini intended for the TAR.
Sgambati, after having worked in the north, in the 80s, took up the position of deputy prosecutor at the magistrate’s court in L’Aquila, then obtained, among other roles, the important position of Attorney General, managing very important trials in the court of appeal in L’Aquila.
Antonio Laronga, in the judiciary since 1993, is deputy prosecutor of Foggia. For over twenty years he has been dealing with organized crime and the Foggia mafias. He is the author of essays and scientific publications on criminal and procedural law. He was co-director of the magazine “La corte d’assise”.
Among the candidates who were initially in the running were other prestigious names such as Domenico Seccia, Deputy Attorney General of the Supreme Court, Gennaro Varone, deputy prosecutor of the Republic of Rome, Giancarlo Ciriellialso a deputy prosecutor in Rome, Sergio Colaioccodeputy prosecutor in Rome, Stefano Gallodeputy prosecutor in L’Aquila (now on appeal), Mirvana Di Serio, prosecutor in Lanciano (Chieti), Mario Palazzi, deputy prosecutor in Rome, Annarita Mantini, deputy prosecutor in Pescara, Simonetta Ciccarelli, deputy prosecutor in L’Aquila (now in the Supreme Court), Francesco Testa, European Deputy Prosecutor, Valentina D’Agostino, deputy prosecutor in Ancona.
A complex investigation now begins by the CSM with the proposal of the candidate deemed best by the competent commission: then the vote of the Plenum with the green light also from the Ministry of Justice. It will take a few months before we know who will be entrusted with the task. This is a highly sought-after appointment as the L’Aquila prosecutor’s office has regional jurisdiction over mafia events.
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