Only 24 hours ago he was Fiorello during his successful broadcast “Viva Rai 2!” with a quick joke to tease the Apulian Governor Michele Emiliano. Today it is the turn of another histrionic television host: Valerio Staffelli, historic Striscia la Notizia correspondent, to tease the President of the Region by handing him the classic Golden Tapiro. In short, only Crozza is now missing from the appeal.
The reason? A story so intricate and surreal that it seems to have come straight out of a comedy script. It is the story of a meeting, which took place 18 years ago, with the sister of a well-known mafia boss.
It all began, as is known, from Emiliano’s speech on the stage of the ‘Hands off Bari’ event, during which he revealed that he had visited the sister of a mafia boss together with the Mayor Antonio Decaro to calm the waters and guarantee the tranquility of his threatened councilor. Open up heaven. All hell broke loose (politically, obviously) with positions taken from every latitude (always political, obviously). In addition to tearing their clothes, there are those who hastened to summon all the protagonists before the Parliamentary Anti-Mafia Commission.
In short, the stakes are very serious. But fortunately in this country there are those who still want to joke: the delivery of the “Golden Tapir” took place in the headquarters of the Presidency of the Region, in Bari, with the exclusion of the reporters present.
Michele Emiliano, putting on a good face, accepted the award: «I don’t take anything back. My memories are quite clear – said the governor – but if a person tells me that he wasn’t there, I have to take note of it and note that it may be that I’m remembering wrong”.
Thus, between plot twists and sitcom gags, Michele Emiliano finds himself adding another “Golden Tapir” to his collection, with the regret that he could have told this story better.
