“I am very surprised and it seems very strange to me,” comments the former center-left minister. On the other hand, Invitalia, which dismissed Visco at the beginning of 2023, says it is available to the public prosecutor’s office. One particular tender is at the center of the investigation, the one for the Ponte Chiauci Dam, in Isernia, for 4.3 million euros.
Then he keeps it for himself (his wife uses it). At other times (sewerage in Palermo, the former Italsider in Bagnoli, work at the Municipality of Foggia), he receives cash in exchange (“he wanted to give me a check, to whom can… But it is above all a return for his career that Visco is interested in.
what he wants to do with his money, etcetera… I wanted to take him to Nello (Musumeci, editor)” explains Fioretti. Visco is concerned about the new CEO, Bernardo Mattarella (who succeeded Francesco Arcuri) and urges Fiorelli: “Call him… ‘Look, Visco must be promoted'”.
He claims to have activated “with the guys” (the members of the tender commissions) and admits the difficulties in supporting other candidacies: “they had made plans, if they arrived last there must be a reason”. It is one of his collaborators who tells how Visco asked her to include the necessary characteristics to help him pass the selection. “He is his protector – the two reason – we are meat for slaughter and for such a thing we end up in jail.”
The investigators will then find a perfect correspondence between the deposits made by Invitalia into the account in the name of Leone and the withdrawals made by Visco from the same account. *If you want to stay updated on the news from Rome, sign up for free for the “I sette colli di Roma” newsletter. It arrives in your inbox every morning at 7 am.
February 7, 2024
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