TRIESTE – The former general manager of Cantiere Navale Vittoria, Gabriele Busetto, responds to the statements of the current president, Paolo Duò, who had accused the old management of the situation bordering on bankruptcy in which the company finds itself.
«I would like to point out that I was the General Manager of “Cantiere Navale Vittoria SPA” from 2007 to 2012 and the Financial Director of the same shipyard from 2012 to 2022, when I was removed by decision of the Board of Directors and Mr. Paolo Duò» specifies Busetto.
«What Paolo Duò declared does not correspond, even in the smallest part, to the truth nor can it be considered a free exercise of criticism. of an action, mine, that no one has ever questioned, not even Paolo Duò himself before these latest defamatory statements” continues the manager.
«I have certainly covered important roles in the NV shipyard but I have never been part of the Board of Directorswhich is the body responsible for making the most important decisions from an economic/strategic perspective or in terms of structural impact on management or functional to the exercise of the Company’s direction and control activity. Truly singular, then, is the circumstance that this specific accusation is made by someone who, of the Board of Directors of Cantiere NV, was and is the President, moreover with specific operational delegations to the financial, administrative and personnel management sectors” writes Busetto in a press release.
«As mentioned, the Cantiere Navale Vittoria is currently in a serious financial crisis but, at the date of my dismissal (October 2022), there were no financial problems.. Again: a dispute regarding employment matters has recently been settled between me and Cantiere Vittoria at the Court of Rovigo, given that I had challenged the dismissal. During the course of the proceedings, Cantiere never expressed any criticism of the work I had carried out, not even indirectly or subordinately, and indeed, on 07/06/2024, a judicial conciliation report was ratified, precisely in the case cited, in which the CNV Company declares that it recognizes the correctness of my actions during the employment relationship and in relation to every relationship that has occurred, also recognizing me a significant sum of money to define the employment relationship, in addition to the reimbursement of legal costs” continues the note.
«At this point, I would like to deduce further themes such as the certainty of having operated with seriousness, transparency and correctness during all fifteen years of work at the Vittoria Shipyard, which in fact had grown enormously during this period, and attach my curriculum in the naval sector: but it is not necessary, I am a well-known and highly esteemed person in the environment. I have been working in shipbuilding for fifty years and I have reached the top: I was, in fact, President of ANCA.NA.P (National Association of Private Shipyards) from 2017 to 2018. I have also been a Master of Labor since 2010 (title granted by the President of the Republic Giorgio Napolitano), Auditor since 2006 and Knight of San Marco since 1998. Due to the serious defamatory accusations against me, I have already filed a complaint with the competent Public Prosecutor’s Office” concludes the manager.
