Anthony M. Quattrone
A Chamber of Deputies commission, responsible for examining requests by the judiciary to arrest a representative, voted on 25 November 2009 against authorizing the detention of Nicola Cosentino, with 11 votes against the arrest, six in favor, and who abstained. The final decision regarding Cosentino will be made, however, on 10 December [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘Political parties’
December 7, 2009
Cosentino will not be arrested
November 20, 2009
Garbage crisis and organized crime
Anthony M. Quattrone
The connection between Neapolitan organized crime, known as “camorra” and politicians in Naples and other cities in the Campania Region has been at the center of the political debate over the past years. The debate has become more passionate following the request made by a public prosecutor to arrest politician Nicola Cosentino. Earlier [...]
November 12, 2009
Saviano will not run for President of the Campania region
Anthony M. Quattrone
Roberto Saviano, author of the best seller Gomorrah, rejects the offer to become the next president of the Campania Region. Saviano, in an interview on 11 November 2009 with Linea Notte, an Italian nightly new program on state television, RAI 3, stated that “it is not the first time that I receive [...]
November 10, 2009
Arrest warrant for Cosentino?
Anthony M. Quattrone
Carlo Alemi, the president of the Court of Naples, stated, in an interview published in the Naples edition of the national paper La Repubblica on 9 November 2009, that he would prefer that political parties do not put forward as candidates for public offices anyone who was officially under investigation or suspected of [...]
