(ANSA) – PALERMO, MAY 14 – “The mafia has changed its shape to survive, it has thus adapted to the demands of the society that is now aware and ready to fight it, to report its presence, to take sides. The mafia has not been killed or forgotten The mafia has only sunk to move on perhaps less explicit but still conditioning levels.
It still represents a threat to everyone’s life, to the economic, social and cultural growth of the territories “.
This was stated by Franco Miceli, candidate for mayor of Palermo on the progressive front, in a note in response to the appeal launched by Maria Falcone and to the open letter that the Pio La Torre Center sent to all the candidates for mayor of Palermo.
“The election date of June 12 – Miceli recalls – coincides with the arrival of enormous financial resources from Europe.
And we also know that Cosa Nostra sees these resources as a precious opportunity to relaunch its criminal activities and to increase its power, and for this reason it seeks to get back into the game, to reconnect those political alliances and interests that have always been at the base. of the Mafia’s impact on public affairs and on everyone’s daily life. Also for this reason, I immediately emphasized a different way of governing the city by focusing on decentralization and participation, which also mean social control. Two tools that I will put as a guarantee of transparency in administrative decisions, two fundamental antidotes to the formation of power groups that easily become a breeding ground for mafia interests “.
“I reject the vote and the support of those who have or have had to do with the mafia – underlines Miceli -. On this there can be no gray areas or one is against or is complicit. Those who underestimate or minimize this question intolerant do so. either because he is unprepared or because he doesn’t want to give up a few handfuls of votes “. (HANDLE).
Source: Ansa
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