Franco Gabrielli enters center-left politics in support of Ernesto Maria Ruffini

The former police chief Franco Gabrielli enters politics, in the center-left.

"I have decided. I could have waited for the birth of a government that would perhaps entrust me with some tasks. But this is not what interests me. I believe it is more important to commit myself personally to the construction of a new idea of ​​the country", reveals Gabrielli in an interview with the "Corriere della Sera".

"I will not venture alone" - he specifies -, but I will accompany a project that is already underway: that of Ernesto Maria Ruffini". A choice linked to the fact that "I recognized in it values ​​that are very close to my own. I do it without asking for roles or guarantees: the project comes first, then the rest."

Gabrielli's "political" history

Gabrielli recalls that "from the age of 14 to 24 he served in the Youth Movement of the Christian Democracy, reaching national responsibilities. Then I chose another way to serve the country." "For thirty-eight years - he continues - I worked in the institutions, having article 54 of the Constitution as my guiding light: discipline and honour. I don't deny anything and I don't change my nature. I return to politics with the same idea of service that has accompanied my entire public life."

As for the information accumulated over the years in his role as police chief "it does not belong - he explains - to the person who holds that role; they belong to the State and remain protected by law and by the duty of confidentiality". As for dossiers - he reiterates - "I can be very clear: I have never practiced them and they are not part of my institutional culture. If anything, I believe that citizens might be interested in having people with experience and competence. And my experience does not end with the police: it includes civil protection, intelligence, emergency management and the concrete functioning of the public machine".