“From the boss’s sister.” Gasparri’s bewilderment – ​​

The anecdote told by the governor of Puglia, Michele Emiliano, during today’s demonstration in support of the mayor of Bari Antonio Decaro is causing discussion. Going back in time to the years in which he was mayor, Emiliano, speaking from the stage, as shown in the live video posted by Decaro himself on Facebook, revealed that he had brought the current mayor, then his councilor to grips with the decision to close old Bari to traffic, at the home of the neighborhood boss’s sister and “entrusted” it to her.

“One day – Emiliano says as if nothing had happened – I hear a knock on the door, Decaro comes in, white as a sheet, and tells me that he had been in St. Peter’s Square and someone had put a gun behind his back because he was carrying out inspections. for the old Bari restricted traffic zone. I took him, the two of us went to the house of the sister of Antonio Capriati, who was the boss of that neighborhood, and I went to tell her that this engineer is my councilor and has to work because there is a danger that here children can get hit by cars. So if he needs to drink, if he needs assistance, I’ll entrust him to you.” Then, speaking of Decaro’s anti-mafia caliber, he adds: “I remember that after a few months we went to confiscate all the Capriatis’ houses in Piazza San Pietro”.

Chorus of criticism for the governor of Puglia. “Governor Emiliano’s statements give shivers. And this could be the anti-mafia of the left? We await the response of the Democratic Party”, we read on the official profile of Fratelli d’Italia. “Disconcerting words from Emiliano. If the bosses threaten you go to the Prosecutor’s Office, not to their house”: this is how the group leader of Fi in the Senate Maurizio Gasparri commented on the episode on Twitter, posting the video of today’s demonstration. Rita Dalla Chiesa also expressed shock, writing on X: “Sorry, I can’t believe it. But were these words really spoken??? By Michele Emiliano, a magistrate”.