Mimmo Lucano remains mayor of Riace. The city council, in fact, in yesterday’s session rejected the forfeiture with a majority voteonly one abstention and the absence of the 3 opposition councilors, after the mid -March provision of the Prefecture of Reggio Calabria following the definitive sentence to 18 months for a false contested in Lucano in the “Xenia” trial.
The local press reports it. Lucano was not present. According to the Interior Ministry, albeit with suspended sentence, the sentence would fall within the case of the Severino law for which Lucano would have been ineligible. The prefecture can resort to the civil judge.