Giuseppe Neri is the group leader of Fratelli d’Italia in the Calabria region. He is under investigation for political-mafia electoral exchange together with the Pd mayor of Reggio Calabria Giuseppe Falcomatà. And in the wiretaps of the investigation he can be heard taking it out on Repubblica journalist Alessia Candito. The talks date back to four years ago: «The problem is that politics is made by journalists», said Neri. He was angry about the pieces that told of his relationships with members of the Araniti clan. And he said: «Then I break in. I can even see Candito on the street and spit in her face, understand? Let’s avoid it.” Neri at the time suspected a plot against him: «The prosecutor’s office, almost everyone, stopped me because I had become the leader of the center-right in Calabria.
Who is Giuseppe Neri
Giuseppe Neri began his career in the Democratic Party. His grandfather was DC senator Sebastiano Vincelli. His current was the “Democrats and Progressives”. Then the move to FdI. The wiretaps surprised the son of a boss, Ciccillo Gattuso, as he told him: “For our part, what can be done is done, to the maximum.” And he specified: «But we don’t make an audience… we stay a little behind the scenes».
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