Big trouble in Ercolano. This is the plot of the new troubles that the Democratic Party is facing in Campania. What happened? On May 25th, in the city elections, Antonietta Garzia was elected mayor with 68.63% of the votes. Almost a plebiscite. The lists that supported her obtained remarkable percentages. They range from 8.91% of Avanti-Psi, to 15.02% of Casa Riformista, up to 30.79% of the Democrats. Let’s focus on this last list. As is proper, after the certainty of victory, the big celebration started, the toasts, the fireworks, and the formalities made up of thank-you speeches.
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Only this time, after about two months, the celebrations led to the local PD being placed under administration. NapoliToday released, with photos and videos, images of the new Democratic councilors Marco Cozzolino (elected with 1,111 preferences), Nancy Scognamiglio (elected with 997 votes), and the local leader, Antonello Cozzolino, celebrating the electoral success together with Natale Suarino. Who is the latter? We are talking about a convicted person with 8 years of imprisonment for mafia-type criminal association; moreover, in the past, he was considered affiliated with the Ascione-Papale clan. In the video, still visible on Instagram, you can hear Antonello Cozzolino say the following phrase: “And I am happy to pay the bet Natale.” He told Repubblica that he did not know “that Suarino would be found in that pizzeria.” The bet? “It was to go barefoot to Pompeii in case of electoral victory. That’s all, there’s nothing else. In my life, I have made other choices; I must have spoken for two minutes in 60 years with Suarino.
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I know him, he served his sentence, he walks freely in Ercolano. I know his children, entrepreneurs of used clothes: I am an accountant, so I have had some exchange of professional ideas with the entrepreneur children. You cannot be judged for a few seconds of a video. I hope to have a confrontation with my party; for the moment, I step aside.” And so he suspended himself from his position. At this point, the local and regional leaders of the Democratic Party intervened with the guillotine. In a joint statement, Piero De Luca, regional secretary of the Democrats, and Francesco Dinacci, provincial secretary, say that the “cornerstone of our political commitment is the fight against organized crime and the struggle for legality in all territories.
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The images and phrases that have circulated in these hours about Ercolano are incompatible with the founding values of our democratic community.” For this reason, “the secretary of the circle, Antonello Cozzolino, has immediately suspended himself from the party; he will have the opportunity to provide the necessary explanations in due time and manner. In order to protect the commitment, rigor, and integrity of our militants, the PD circle of Ercolano is, however, immediately placed under administration.”
Even harsher is the mayor, Antonietta Garzia. “I have seen the video released in these hours. The images and, above all, the words spoken deeply struck me and require the utmost clarity.” She then added how it is “proper to shed full light on the references to the ‘family’ and the alleged ‘bet’ to be paid.” In conclusion, she emphasized the behaviors that institutions must maintain and that “as I have reiterated several times, even during the electoral campaign, we do not want the votes of the Camorra.” The Lega intervened on the matter. Severino Nappi, deputy coordinator of the Carroccio in Campania, says that the “PD just cannot get out of the vortex of ‘certain’ acquaintances. This is a very serious episode, on which we ask that the Prosecutor’s Office immediately shine a light. The risk of facing a new Castellammare case is more than founded.”
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