The day after the earthquake which shocked Ligurian politics with thearrest (under house arrest) for corruption of the President of the Region Giovanni Toti, the judiciary’s investigation does not stop. At the Palace of Justice the investigating judge set for the interrogation of the governor of Liguria Giovanni Toti on Friday, under house arrest for corruption. The logistics entrepreneur Aldo Spinelli and Toti’s chief of staff Matteo Cozzani they will be questioned on Saturday. The Genoa prosecutor’s office has scheduled the warrant interrogation for Thursday at 11 am Paolo Emilio Signorini, the former president of the authority and (suspended) CEO of Iren arrested for corruption in the exercise of his function and for acts contrary to official duties in the investigation launched by the Genoa prosecutor’s office. Signorini will be interrogated in the Genoa Marassi prison where the manager has been since yesterday morning, when he was taken away by the Guardia di Finanza.
Casa Spinelli, 220 thousand euros seized
As part of the investigationthe Financial Police seized 220 thousand euros in cash and foreign currency to the entrepreneur Aldo Spinelli. The money is part of the 570 thousand euros of the seizure ordered by the judge for preliminary investigations Paola Faggioni. The judge also ordered the seizure of the then president of the port authority Paolo Signorinie Spinelli’s son, Roberto. According to the investigating judge “they would be the profit of the corruption crimes contested.
The investigations
According to what was reconstructed by the investigators – Giovanni Toti turns out intercepted as early as 2021 and the request for arrest dates back to last December – there is a system of power made up of favors and bribes between the public administration (Region and Port Authority) and companies. A scheme in which the governor, Gentlementhe logistics entrepreneur Aldo Spinelli – dashed as the ‘czar’ of the port in the city – and Matteo Cozzani the governor’s chief of staff would have a starring role.
Toti suspended by Governor Liguria
Toti, leader of We Moderatessuspended from the role of president of the Liguria regionhe says he is “very calm” but the accusations are serious. Cozzani is accused of the crime of electoral corruption aggravated by the aim of facilitating the activity of a mafia clan. During the electoral campaign for the 2020 regional elections, figures close to the Sicilian community of Riesina (the Testa twins) would have brought votes (at least 400) in exchange for the promise of jobs and public housing: a mechanism of which, according to the prosecutors of the prosecutor’s office led by Nicola PiacenteToti would have been aware.
The bribes
Among the accusations, there is also the one that the governor accepted 74 thousand euros from Spinelli to “find a solution” to privatize the beach Punta Dell’Olmo and would have facilitated the concession of port spaces. Toti – who will spend house arrest in the house in Ameglia – and Cozzani are also accused of having accepted the promise of Francesco Moncadadirector of Esselunga (an unrelated company, ed.), of illicit financing through the hidden payment of advertising for the 2022 vote in exchange for the commitment to unblock the procedures to open two supermarkets.
May 8, 2024
