«It was enough for the Court of Auditors to move by reading the resolutions, to send home a terrible administrator, avoiding yet another dissolution for the entire community». This is what transpires from a complaint presented to the Court of Auditors and the Prosecutor’s Office. Above all, alleged irregularities and non-compliances in the use of public funds for institutional trips and personal expenses of former administrators: «These are public money – they write – therefore subject to control, and for which they must give an account to the State”.
Some Tropeans bring themselves to the attention of the regional prosecutor Romeo Ermenegildo Palla, the president Luigi Cirillo and the acting president Giampiero D’Alia, as well as the governor of Calabria Roberto Occhiuto and the prosecutor of Vibo, Camillo Falvo. They raise doubts regarding the transparency and correctness of the expenses incurred, putting the financial management of the former mayor Macrì under accusation. Starting from the trip to Japan: «He allocates a spending commitment to a company that sells oil (not a travel agency) in Perugia, of 10 thousand euros to organize the visit to the Japanese country. It is public knowledge that accompanying him were the former councilor Greta Trecate, Kishie Placidi of the Placidi company, recipient of the 10 thousand euros (as decided by Macrì), Itani Naoyoshi who was later awarded honorary citizenship for merits still unknown to the people of Tropea today, and the owner of a restaurant in Tropea”. What documentation photos and videos posted by them on social media. The constant would be in the resolutions referring to institutional trips of a single administrator, but then other public presences would appear, for which clarity is called for, regarding expenses, to understand if the public body has also paid for others.