«That the Calabria Region has been the civil party by mistake in the process for the Cutro massacre is difficult to believe. That then corrected within a few hours, immediately after the criticisms of Minister Salvini, who is also interested in the procedure, is at least suspicious. It seems more an oversight of convenience than a technical error ».
This was stated by Rachele Scarpa, deputy of the Democratic Party, announcing the deposit of a parliamentary question to the ministers of infrastructure and relations with Parliament. «On February 26, 2023, off the past of Cutro, at least 94 people died, including many minors. In recent weeks – he continues – the preliminary hearing is underway to ascertain any institutional responsibilities in the delays in rescue. On May 12, the Calabria Region had submitted a request for the establishment of a civil party, only to withdraw it within an afternoon, justifying itself with a material error, specifying that one wanted to proceed only against the smugglers and not against the police. A sudden change of course does at least smile, if it were not that we are talking about a tragedy and a process that also concerns state figures. According to the autonomous union of the Navy, the intervention of Minister Salvini was “decisive” to bring back to the regional council. It is a declaration that cannot go unnoticed ». “I filed a question – concludes Scarpa – because we want to know if there have been political pressures, and what the real role of the government has been in this matter. Local institutions must be able to exercise their prerogatives without conditioning, especially when it comes to ascertaining the responsibilities of the state in a massacre that has marked our country. Justice must be able to take its course in full autonomy. If the civil party also begins to retire, at trial still in progress, there is something wrong ».