Ssparks between coalitions for the photo of the Democratic Party with some managers and municipal employees of Manfredonia. After the accusations of the centre-right, candidate for mayor Ugo Galli, and the question to the minister from the leader of Forza Italia, Giandiego Gatta, came the reply from the regional dem councilor, Paolo Campo, supporter of the candidacy for mayor of Domenico La Marca.
“An unbearable mess fueled by the center-right is mounting over the active participation of some municipal employees in the political community of the Democratic Party of Manfredonia – declared Campo -. We ignore the fact that their mayoral candidate is an employee of Arif, an agency of the Puglia Region, we are really curious to know what the rule is that prohibits a Public Administration employee from registering with a political party and exercising active participation in the initiatives of a political party. Both the mayoral candidate and a centre-right parliamentarian, in support of their absurd theses, refer to the constitutional duty of public administration employees to behave with discipline and honor and respect the principles of good performance and impartiality of the administration” .
And again: “Obviously, the Constitution refers to the exercise of the functions of an employee or manager, certainly not to the exercise of the civil and political rights recognized to every Italian citizen. It is simply shameful that a manager of the Public Administration, such as the centre-right mayoral candidate, and a deputy of the Republic endorse with their declarations and even with a question to the Minister of the Interior the nonsense artfully circulated online and on social media.”
Then Campo concluded as follows: “It is simply shameful that employees, officials and managers of the Municipality of Manfredonia are being banned, whose correctness, impartiality and seriousness has never been questioned in the slightest by any other institution or authority of the State. It is simply shameful that the candidates and representatives of the centre-right are unable to find other arguments to obtain a modicum of attention from the press”.
