The question about relations with Aldo Spinelli. Then when asked if he received funding from the former owner of Genoa and Livorno, Toti replied: “I don’t remember but it’s possible. The Spinelli group began supporting my political committees in 2015 and this relationship has lasted until now.” Addressing the magistrates, the president of the Liguria Region wrote in his defense statement as a prologue: “It is not my intention to avoid your examination, but today, as in the future, there is a firm desire on my part to collaborate, with transparency and honesty , to the reconstruction of the truth in the supreme interest of justice, to restore to my figure as a man and servant of the State the dignity that I have constantly tried to preserve”.
Further clarifications from Giovanni Toti. The governor added: “Every donation of money was credited with traceable methods and accounted for. Likewise, all expenses incurred have been reported and publicized in terms of the law and beyond. The budgets and reports were (and still are) published on the websites of the political organizations supporting me. In the precautionary custody order as well as in the entire accusatory system, only a very limited part of the relationships between the administration, the president, and the world of work and business is analysed. And this very limited part becomes a paradigm for everything else. On the contrary, the attitude and animus of the relationships and contexts analyzed should instead be examined and interpreted in light of the generality and multiplicity of relationships over a very long period.”
The exchange vote. Regarding this point, Toti writes in his defense statement: “It should be highlighted that I won the elections with approximately 380 thousand votes. The support of the Riesi community takes the form, in the surveys, with a certain approximation, of 400 votes, just for proportion and to understand that the contribution is not such as to disturb the democratic balance of the vote, which is particularly irrelevant in the case of the candidate , Ilaria Cavo, to whom my support is attributed. The Testa brothers, Arturo and Maurizio, were presented as political activists with positions in the Lombardy Region by two ladies and gentlemen. In their CV there were political positions linked to the Lombard regional council. Both honorable members (Sorte and Benigni) vouched for his personal qualities.” New developments are expected in the coming days regarding the investigation that has overwhelmed the Liguria Region.
