Arena Foundation, at the service of the transparency operation
“The story of false invoicing, which led the Verona GIP to issue some precautionary measures and which involves the Arena Foundation, highlights, first of all, how pervasive and rooted the presence of the ‘Ndrangheta is in our territory”.
This is the beginning of the note from the Italian Left Verona is dedicated to the investigations that have cast shadows on the work of the former Lyric Institute.
“From the reconstructions – we read -, the opacities around an arena foundation are not scarce immediately, if confirmed, if they are confirmed, a series of shadows and questions are obtained which we believe it is necessary to answer from.
How was it possible, for example, that for a period the Opera House paid 150-200 thousand euros more per month for the services rendered by the companies involved in the investigations today? With the complacency of which subjects did all this happen?
The question is particularly topical: what organizational and managerial measures will be taken to prevent such a situation from happening again?
Concerned, we address these questions directly to the management of the Arena Foundation: given the context in which all this took place, we believe that a transparency operation is necessary to shed light and clarity on the serious situation that the investigations have uncovered.
This is also because we understand that, over the years, various reports and requests for requests regarding the rules of engagement and the assignment of contracts have been addressed by the state to the management of the Arena Foundation over the years. Why has these concerns not been listened to, which today unfortunately are reflected?
The fight against organized crime cannot be delegated exclusively to the precious and fundamental work of the judicial and investigative authorities, but requires the careful and scrupulous monitoring and supervision of every component of the public ruling class, especially in a city like Verona. at the center of the criminal-business interests of the ‘Ndrangheta ”.