Catania investigation, the former mayor of Tremestieri remains in prison

CATANIA, 06 MAY – The precautionary measure issued by the investigating judge Carla Aurora Valenti, at the request of the District Prosecutor’s Office, and carried out by the Carabinieri on 17 April last, holds up under scrutiny by the Court of Review of Catania, which issued three different measures. of the Pandora investigation into alleged infiltration of organized crime and episodes of corruption in the Municipality of Tremestieri Etneo. The judges confirmed the precautionary order in prison for the former mayor Santi Rando investigated for a political-mafia exchange vote, thus invalidating one of the contested corruption cases, and for Piero Cosentino indicated as the contact between the politician and the Santapaola clan. Herculaneum. House arrest has also been confirmed for the pharmacist and municipal councilor Mario Ronsisvalle, who is under investigation for corruption on charges of having taken an interest in preventing the number of pharmacies in Tremestieri Etneo from increasing. Also under investigation in the Pandora investigation is Luca Sammartino, a strongman of the League on the island, elected with around 21 thousand preferences in the 2022 regional elections, being the second most voted in Sicily. Last April 17 he resigned as vice-president of the Sicilian Region and as councilor for Agriculture after he was suspended from public duties by the investigating judge because he was being investigated for two alleged cases of corruption. His lawyer, Carmelo Peluso, after the interrogation, lodged an appeal against the measure.