Genoa Investigation, Marco Bucci: “I am playing a massacre, I am not involved. I ask for clarification of my own situation and I am ready to talk to the prosecutor”

From our correspondent
Genoa «Ask me anything you want». The premise is important, because at least the first part of this interview resembles an interrogation. But that’s it. The atmosphere in Genoa these daysEveryone wants to know who will be next. «At the risk of sounding naive, let me start with this sentence: “The sea may be rough, but the wind is not still”. Now we can start. “

Mayor Marco Bucci, do you feel engaged?
«How could I not be. I mean, on an emotional level. We’re talking about the people I work with every day. ”

I am referring to the ongoing investigation.
“I read in the newspapers many false reconstructions that connected two random points of a more complex mosaic. I felt helpless in the face of these things.”

Are you afraid of mud splashing on you or worse?
«I’ve received a lot and it won’t end here. I can’t handle certain phrases and the way certain events are interpreted. Like in Paris-Roubaix, I will try to win, that is, do my job, even if I’m covered in mud. ”

You did a favour with the money for the Genoese Decree or the Morandi Bridge, ad Aldo Spinelli, Is he one of the financiers on Totti’s list who backed his last campaign?
«This is a lie that hurts me. This is not “Morandi’s money”, but the Port Authority’s money. There are obvious reconstruction errors, I hope it is just the press. “

Which error?
«The filling of the Porto Calata center is included in the extraordinary port works program envisaged in the Genoa decree, which follows the tragedy of the Morandi Bridge and involves dozens of other works. The funds related to the port intervention (excluding the construction site of the Sestri Ponente Super Basin) are available to the Port Authority. Everyone knows how much I worked for the reconstruction of the bridge. For me, this is the most notorious accusation and I hope that it will be clarified in the competent institutions as soon as possible. “

The fact remains that she has Request to take this measure.
«I always push for everything. In fact, I am a very bitter person. I fight to give as much as possible to my city. The expansion of the Calata Center is part of the master plan project envisioned in the future master plan for the port. I would say it is a good idea. Because we will fill these spaces with excavated material from the Sub-Port Tunnel. If we had not made this decision, we would have to dispose of that land somewhere else at great cost. Morandi’s money has nothing to do with this. The fact is that by doing this we will have more square meters available for work in the port and we will be disposing of material for free or almost free. ”

As Spinelli asks?
“Stop! First: these areas will not benefit anyone, because they have not been allocated. Second: it is the Port Authority that allocates tasks, not the Mayor. Third: Spinelli can, of course, lay claim to these areas, but it is not certain that the Port Commission will assign them to him. Although it may be logical, since everything around this area, the other areas have already been delivered to him. Everything in the port and in this city moves forward according to a precise plan, but today many people pretend to forget it.”

You will find that some of your sentences…
«The article your newspaper alleges about the operator “disdaining us” is not mine, but Giovanni Totti’s, as is clear from the judge’s order. The one about the pigs I raised as a child expresses the same concept, explaining Claudio Burlando From one of your interviews: Whenever a new area was released, a fight would break out at the port between the suitors. Burlando had a working-class background, I had a peasant background. But the concept was the same. “

Do you feel betrayed by someone?
«Obviously. I was the one who fought with my colleagues in Reggio Emilia and Turin. Paolo Emilio Signorini At the top of Aeron. If some of his actions are true, it is a grave betrayal of my trust.”

Giovanni Totti?
«I work a lot and do well president I still hope to be able to work with him again. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. I don’t know anything about his relationships with other people. But if something is true, then there’s a problem. And the same is true for me, on a personal level.”

More bitter or more worried?
“Two things. The whole system is suffering from huge damage. I sense them. I see the danger that this city that we worked so hard to restart will stop again. And then when I read about some of the reconstruction in the newspaper, I also feel betrayed by people from my city. I don’t understand why.”

Meanwhile, the question on everyone’s lips is: Is Marco Bucci running for president in the region?
“I have made a commitment to the city of Genoa and I intend to fully respect it. You see, the cemetery is full of indispensable people. I am not. I have to invest 700 crore for Genoa and do my job.”

Does this assessment also include any developments in ongoing investigations?
“I have no reason to think that I would be involved, I have to continue as mayor anyway. But I could also decide to resign. As Oscar Luigi Scalfaro said, and I certainly don’t dare compare myself to him, I do not participate in this game of massacre. I ask for clarification of my position.”

to whom?
«To the whole city. In the meantime, I can’t wait to talk to the magistrate. I can discuss any aspect concerning me personally and my business. But really, this impasse needs to be resolved as soon as possible. I’m not sounding the alarm, but a message to everyone: let’s roll up our sleeves, because after receiving Pnrr funding, such an opportunity to change the face of our region will not come again. Enough with scandalous reconstructions and slanderous rumors. No one wins on ruins. ”

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