«Old Bari had the nickname of cheating and this situation, which contrasted with the efficiency of the investigative repression, went beyond the mark when Michele Fazio, a 16-year-old boy, was killed. This murder provoked such indignation that it set the city moving towards an awareness that involved me, despite my belief that the exercise of criminal action was sufficient to change the world. That’s why when I was elected in 2007 I created an ad hoc structure. Since 2007 the Council has established the automatic nature of the constitution as a civil party in the trials, in the last 20 years 140 properties confiscated from the mafia have been allocated to the Municipality, upon explicit expression of interest, for social purposes and to deal with the housing emergency” . Thus the president of the Puglia Region, Michele Emiliano, in the Anti-Mafia commission of the Chamber.
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On the meeting with the boss’s sister which he attended with the mayor Decaro, the governor of Puglia assures that “it was organized to impose rules and there was exploitation”. «I went to Antonio Capriati’s sister to reiterate to him with great serenity and determination that they no longer made the rules in St. Peter’s Square, on the parking lots and in the park but we made them. Even on the release of the properties, I specified that if he had not released the properties in a good-natured way we would have released them anyway.” Thus the president of the Puglia Region, Michele Emiliano, in the Anti-Mafia commission of the Chamber. «We’re talking about episodes from 10 and 15 years ago that I didn’t remember anything about and I don’t rule out having said some imprecise things. If Decaro says he wasn’t there with me, he’s probably right.” «I have been to the homes of many women, not better specified because I didn’t know everyone – underlined Emiliano – The event in question was an event like all the others to impose respect for the rules even on those who had not understood the political and social meaning of the administration I led. It is clear that I used my personal history, because while others, from the police force to previous mayors, struggled to have this role recognized, I went around the whole city with full respect for everyone. The citizens asked me, I practically found myself acting as mayor, and it wasn’t something decided by us, but a citizens’ movement that asked for change.”
