Earthquake investigation: Acquaroli 'I'm shocked but no one in the Region is involved'

"I am stunned, saddened and incredulous": the president of the Marche Region, Francesco Acquaroli, intervenes on the investigation into post-earthquake reconstruction, which led to eight arrests and 51 suspects in various regions, and rejects any hypothesis of his involvement or the responsibility of the regional administration. He did so this morning in Corridonia on the occasion of the presentation of the data from the 2016 post-earthquake reconstruction, ten years after the calamitous events.

"This investigation concerns a person in the entire Marche region, but it did not affect anyone within the Region", he remarked: "to those who say that the president might not have known, I ask you to bring me proof that I knew. I must defend my moral integrity and that of the regional institutions". Acquaroli expressed confidence in the work of the Prosecutor's Office and the investigating authorities, recalling at the same time the principle of the presumption of innocence. "If a person has made a mistake, it is right that he is judged and, if convicted, he pays - underlined the governor - But it is not right to combine the sacrifice and work of many with the possible mistakes of someone".