Salvatore Raiti member of the Lower House and coordinator of IdV in the region of Sicily has made the following statement about Cuffaro. I agree wholeheartedly.

“Cuffaro is without shame. Only three days before the closure of the election campaign he is performing actions that are illegitimate and are possibly illegal.

It’s not understandable how in his role of Commissioner Delegate for the Refuse Emergency, he can promulgate the ordinance n. 482 of 22.05.2006 (just a week before the regional elections) authorising the construction of thermovalorisation plants in Sicily. This is without waiting for the order of the regional TAR {Tribunale Amministrativo Regionale = Regional Administrative Tribunal} as well as a motion approved by the Region of Sicily that are in a directly opposite direction.

Let Cuffaro then explain what legitimate interest he has, to justify the communication about this order on the same day. He sent a fax to the company that is to construct the thermovalorisation plants. This was done the same day at 4:33pm!

With the thousand million Euro that would be needed to construct these installations and with the health of the people of Sicily we must not play games. For this reason, I ask the Minister of the Environment and the President of the Council to intervene directly to restore the rule of law, to withdraw from Cuffaro the position of extraordinary Commissioner Delegate and to revoke this order immediately.”

I reserve the right to evaluate whether there are the appropriate conditions to bring this to the attention of the criminal magistrates in relation to abuses that may have occurred.
Furthermore I will ask the Minister of the Environment to take action as soon as possible and I will take the issue to the Council of Ministers.