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After two candidates were burned even before taking office and at least a dozen profiles never ran, the government has reached an agreement for the new commissioner of the Health In Calabria. The chosen one is the prefect Guido Longo: for him the task of taking the place of Saverio Cotticelli, expelled “with immediate effect” almost a month ago after he told Rai3 that he did not know that he was the one who should prepare the Covid emergency plan. The president of the Council himself made the announcement of the new appointment Giuseppe Conte on Twitter: “Longo is a man of institutions,” he wrote, “who has already worked in Calabria, always in defense of legality ”. Longo intervened shortly after: “I accepted as an act of love towards the Calabria“He said,” the Region where I trained professionally as a police officer. Mine is also an institutional duty towards the government, which has elected me and for which I am grateful ”.
The next few weeks “will be very demanding“Added the new commissioner in relation to Title V, the transmission of Rai3 where the Cotticelli case broke out. In health care in Calabria there are “problems very very hot“He added.” I have yet to get there. I have to see what the situation is like in a real way. Many things are written and said, but then things you have to look at them me evaluate them directly, ”Longo explained. To those who asked for a comment on the words of the acting president of the Calabria Region Antonio Spirlì, who said the commissioner is an offense all institutional capacities of the Calabrians, replied: “I am a man of institutionsIf the government calls me for an assignment, I accept. I do not have other issues and I don’t ask. “In any case, Longo” certainly “expects a good reception from Calabria:” I think will cooperate a lot with me. “
From Sicily to the Casalesi: Longo’s career – Originally from CataniaLongo is 67 years old and has a long career first as a policeman and then as a prefect. For more than 40 years he worked in the Interior administration, occupying important positions as commissioner and prefect. His last position was prefect of Vibo valentia, which he kept until May 30, 2018, the day of his retirement. He had previously been the commissioner of Reggio Calabria, Caserta and Palermo. He got brilliant results from Caserta Commissioner, when he dealt particularly significant blows to the “Casalesi” clan. It was Longo, as commissioner of Caserta, who coordinated the investigations that led to the arrest of the Casalesi fugitives Antonio Iovine, Michele zagaria and, above all, the absolute leader of the clan, Francesco Schiavone, said “SandokanThen the promotion to Prefect and his appointment to Vibo valentia, where he stayed for two years. He worked for a long time in the Palermo mobile squad, the narcotics and homicide section. And then went on to anti-mafia investigation direction, where, as Repubblica recalls, he investigated the death of Giovanni falcone.
Nominations and candidates burned – The chaos of Calabria has plagued the executive for many weeks. It all started on November 7 with Cotticelli’s embarrassing statement on the non-Covid plan, aggravated by subsequent justifications (“He was not lucid,” he said). At that moment, a nearby man was hastily called Leu, manager with long experience in the health area: Giuseppe Zuccatelli. But even before taking office, a video appeared last May in which he is heard questioning the usefulness of the mask to curb the infection. Then Zuccatelli also jumped. At that moment the government was forced, after days of delays, to find another way. A first solution seemed to arrive by converging on Eugenio Gaudio, former rector of La Sapienza. It seemed like a done deal, but not even 24 hours (and while his involvement in the investigation of the University of Catania competitions was news), Gaudio decided to back down, citing personal reasons and even blaming his wife for not wanting to move.
Therefore, the government had to start the search for the commissioner anew, while at the same time, from various fronts, they continued to designate the push. Gino Strada. However, after several phone calls and contacts, another type of agreement was reached with the founder of Emergency: he will manage some hospitals and have carte blanche on the ground. For the commissioner, more days of negotiations would have been needed, during which the indiscretions followed one after another (for a few hours the health manager’s hypothesis was raised Narciso Mostarda). One of the most insistent voices was what he wanted Agostino Miozzo, coordinator of the technical-scientific committee, at the head of the structure of curators. This hypothesis was the last to jump, only today. A few hours later, in the evening, the announcement came that Longo will be the next health commissioner for Calabria.
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