Region President Renato Schifani is expected to appoint one or two sub-commissioners early next week. Given the governor’s close relationship with the prefect Mattei, sent to the Strait to manage the delicate transition phase that will lead the Municipality of Messina to the vote at the end of May, there should be no problems in identifying suitable profiles to support the work of the extraordinary commissioner.
In 2022, when Cateno De Luca resigned as mayor and the president of the Region appointed Eng. Leonardo Santoro as extraordinary commissioner, immediately supporting him with two sub-commissioners: the vice-prefect Francesco Milio and the former superintendent of cultural and environmental heritage of Messina, the architect. Mirella Vinci.
It is very likely that this time too the Sicilian governor will “fish” from public, state or regional institutions, the name or two names of who will have the task of dealing with the management of the Municipality together with the prefect Mattei.
The commissioner, as reported in the interview on this page, states that he has not encountered any major critical issues so far. And this is a positive sign: it should not be forgotten that Mattei, in his previous role, dating back to 2023, carried out the functions of extraordinary commissioner of the Municipality of Catania, which was emerging from a dramatic situation of financial collapse, with very serious problems on various fronts, from waste collection to public transport.
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