For four months the mayor of Corigliano Rossano, Flavio Stasi, has been subjected to operational surveillance by the police after someone made an attempt on his life. The news exploded on a sunny Sunday morning, exploding in a moment of bitter controversy and tensions that put social stability at risk, leaving the entire community perplexed and astonished, but also worried, with echoes also in the rest of the territory.
Operational supervision was arranged by the police commissioner of Cosenza, Giuseppe Cannizzarofollowing a very serious act against the mayor which, due to its methods and execution, casts a disturbing sinister light on the episode which goes far beyond simple intimidation. From what has been learned, there were actually two episodes that made the police raise their antennas. As we understand it, it seems that shortly after the conclusion of the elections which confirmed Stasi at the helm of the third largest city in Calabria, the mayor had the wheels of the car he owned which he usually uses to get around the city sabotaged.
An action that was already serious in itself, but which preceded the most disturbing episode which then triggered vigilance. In fact, shortly after the first act of intimidation, unknown hands went further. After the tires, the brakes of the mayor’s car were tampered with. A gesture that is not just demonstrative or intimidating. It seems like a story straight out of a film script, but instead it’s what happened in the streets of the city with the mayor who managed to save himself and not cause any accidents, downshifting and saving himself.
