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Antonino Castorina, Councilor for the Democratic Party elected in the September elections, he was arrested and placed under house arrest, by the agents of the Digos of the Reggio Calabria Police Headquarters in the framework of the investigation into the development of the administrative elections of 20 and 21 September last. The arrest was carried out at the request of the Reggio Calabria prosecutor, Giovanni Bombardieri, the deputy Gerardo Dominijanni and the prosecutor Paolo Petrolo. A similar precautionary measure was issued against a seat chair, Carmelo Giustra.
The precautionary prison order was notified in the early morning in both Castorina and Giustra. The latter, as it emerged, would have helped Castorina to violate electoral legislation.
At the moment, investigations do not question the electoral result and the victory of the mayor Giuseppe Falcomatà, but they only concern the position of Antonino Castorina, who is also a member of the national leadership of the Democratic Party.
With 1,510 votes collected in the September elections, Castorina was the most voted councilor of the center-left.
The investigation refers to the holding of the recent administrative elections in Reggio Calabria on September 20 and 21. the The controversial charges are those of forgery in public deed and electoral crimes.. The measures were dictated by the investigating judge of Reggio Calabria as part of the investigations started last November on the case of some people who did not attend the electoral college but whose vote is reported.
The Reggio Prosecutor’s Office also ordered several house searches.
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