John Totithe Ligurian governor has been under house arrest since 7 May on charges of corruption, prepares his ‘return’ to politics and with the defender Stefano Savi he concentrated on the requests to be presented to the prosecutor’s office in Genoa, already today or at the latest tomorrow, to request a series of meetings with various political personalities “for a necessary discussion and update on the current situation, but resignation is not among the issues on the table“. Having received the no to the revocation of house arrest, the president of the Ligurian Region does not allow himself to be discouraged and concentrates on the list of names with which to speak closely, starting from his majority which has always rallied around him.
“Certainly in the next few hours we will present Toti’s request to the Genoa court both to be able to discuss with his list, which is the first group in terms of numerical strength of the Regional Council, and, furthermore, to be able to have a discussion with the regional leaders of the coalition parties and with the reference parliamentary group at national level” explains the lawyer. Rather than face to face as happened with councilor Giacomo Giampedrone last June 1st, the requests will be extended to more leaders of national caliber, so much so that the summit could take place remotely. The first objective is an internal discussion, then explains the lawyer “further requests for meetings with other political personalities may follow shortly. We remind you that Toti, in addition to the institutional function of president of the Region, plays the role of leader of a regional force absolutely indispensable for the political choices of the near future”.
What appears certain, in terms of content, is that “resignations are not the subject of the meetingsindispensable for an initial discussion about the broad-spectrum regional policies that the council, and specifically the majority, will have to carry forward while awaiting President Toti’s return to full political viability”. It is precisely the choice to remain in the saddle that weighs on the precautionary needs which only last Friday led the investigating judge of Genoa Paola Faggioni to deny him the revocation of house arrest, underlining the danger of recurrence “in view of the next regional electoral competitions in 2025, for which the relevant UN fund raising had already begun”. “concrete” danger if we consider that “he still continues to hold the same functions and public positions, with the consequent possibility that they will once again be put at the service of private interests in exchange for funding”. appeal to the Review judges, but the hearing times will not be short.
