RAGUSA – A trader in via Mariannina Coffa, in the historic center of upper Ragusa, was attacked, for trivial reasons, by a non-EU citizen. A serious incident that raises the issue of safety and public order right at the beginning of the summer season. “The episode on Tuesday evening is very serious for the image that the city offers to tourists at the beginning of the summer – explains the territorial president of Confimprese Iblea Peppe Occhipinti – we thank the police who promptly intervened in via Coffa. For months we have, several times, raised a thousand doubts about the anti-bivouac ordinance which, in fact, is not enforced. Mayor Cassi continues to ignore a serious problem that affects an important part of his territory. The churchyard of San Giovanni, late in the evening, transforms into a football field and dozens of citizens, sitting on stone seats, bivouacking and consuming alcoholic drinks”.
Confimprese Iblea asks the Prefect to intervene in a widespread manner with joint checks. “We note that the citizens of Ragusa have abandoned the historic center by renting homes, often without any rental contract, to immigrant citizens. Entire neighborhoods in total decay with rubbish being deposited on street corners. Our only salvation is tourists but we certainly cannot offer – he concludes – this unworthy spectacle with attacks on traders”.
