Gualtieri receives bipartisan assist after risk over demolition of unlawful villas.
Rome mayor Roberto Gualtieri on Saturday vowed to proceed his administration’s dedication to preventing the mafia after receiving a risk towards him and his household on social media.
The threatening message, accompanied by a photograph of a person brandishing a rifle, got here after the town demolished two illegally constructed villas in a stronghold of mafia-style clans with Sinti origins.
“This is for the mayor and for his household” – the message learn – “As you knocked down our home, I’ll knock down yours. Time will inform. The State doesn’t scare me”.
The intimidating message – which has since been cancelled – reportedly got here from Silvio Hilic, one of many residents of the luxurious villas demolished on Via Arzachena within the Rocca Cencia space to the east of Rome.
Police are investigating whether or not Hilic wrote the message himself from jail on an illegally obtained cellphone or whether or not another person used his Facebook profile to submit the risk.
Bipartisan solidarity
The risk towards the centre-left mayor and his household was condemned throughout the political spectrum, with the mayor receiving widespread solidarity from the right-wing authorities, together with from prime minister Giorgia Meloni who slammed the “unacceptable intimidation”.
Minacce by way of social al sindaco di Roma Gualtieri dopo la demolizione di due villette abusive. Forze dell’ordine al lavoro per verificare l’identità dell’autore. “le minacce non fermano il nostro impegno contro le mafie”, assicura Gualtieri pic.twitter.com/RkypdBbFGm
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Deputy premier Matteo Salvini and inside minister Matteo Piantedosi additionally expressed solidarity with Gualtieri and condemned the risk, as did the chief of the centre-left Partito Democratico (PD) Elly Schlein who stated her social gathering “is at [Gualtieri’s] facet and helps his brave and decided work.”
Nicola Franco, president of the Municipio VI metropolis borough the place the demolitions occurred, stated: “This extraordinarily critical episode confirms how these people have dominated the world undisturbed for years. Enough is sufficient.”
Gualtieri responds
“The threats don’t alter our dedication to preventing the mafia, upholding legality, and restoring to residents areas presently taken away from crime”, Gualtieri acknowledged, including that his administration will proceed, along with police and legislation enforcement companies, “to work with dedication to make Rome a safer and fairer metropolis”.
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