The procedure for the forfeiture of the mayor of Riace, Mimmo Lucanodefinitively sentenced to 18 months with suspended sentence. There Prefecture of Reggio Calabria sent a note to the Municipality by sending a copy of the device of the Cassation. According to the Ministry of the Interiorthe sentence falls within the cases provided for by Severino law and determines a cause of incandidability. Since the sentence arrived after the election, which took place in June, the decline of the mayor follows a specific procedure.
The city council called to pronounce
Will now be up to the City council Of Riace take note of the cause of incandidability and declare lapped Lucan. If the advice does not meet or should not recognize the forfeiture, the Prefecture could activate the popular action provided for byArticle 70 of the Consolidated Law of Local Authorities (TUEL). In this case, the Prefecture would have an appeal to the civil judgein front of which Lucan could oppose the incandidability procedure.
The decision of the Interior Ministry
The communication of the Prefecture of Reggio Calabria It is the result of an evaluation conducted by Endanger And it is not linked to the request for forfeiture made in recent days by two municipal opposition councilors. The story, therefore, will continue with the passage to the City Council, pending any judicial developments.
“I don’t give up, I’ll face this too”
«At this moment I feel two contrasting sensations that are strength in the soul with the same intensity. The first is to let everything go, because evidently someone has strong concerns compared to the ideals that I carry on. The other feeling is the one that pushes me to continue because I know that our work in Riace is important, after the dark years in which he has ruled the League and the center -right, to pursue a dream of solidarity with which I am witnessed ». It is the comment of the mayor of Riace Mimmo Lucano learned the news that the Prefecture of Reggio Calabria has started the procedure for its incandidability and, therefore, forfeiture following the sentence for false, remedied in the “Xenia” trial to 18 months of imprisonment with suspended sentence. «I have never escaped before the law and I will not do it this time – added Lucano who is also the European member of AVS -. Obviously, to avoid misunderstandings, I have no intention of giving up. I will claim my reasons in every location for the respect I feel towards the citizens of Riace who voted for a mayor and a project that is certainly not that of those who hope, for reasons that have nothing to do with politics, to overturn the outcome of the elections by exploiting a law to be interpreted. Evidently in the center -right there are those who think that the Severino law is a right law only if Mimmo Lucano concerns. I comfort me that according to my lawyers, the sentence that I have suffered does not fall within those that provide for the decline. Having said that, I faced 7 years of trial knowing, as an innocent, that I could risk almost twice in prison. I will also face this situation ». (HANDLE).