Because Gabriella Alemanno’s appointment to Consob is a bad sign

The hearing of the sister of the former mayor of Rome (specified by the government for the Commission) was disastrous, but she nonetheless received a favorable opinion. Now for the leaders of the Authority that supervises the markets, in addition to independence, not even competence is anymore necessary

Kinship cannot be a merit, an item on the CV that compensates for a missing educational qualification or professional experience. It would not be fair to penalize a competent person, and therefore deprive the Republic of a worthy resource, just because he is “sister of”. But it would be worse to appoint someone to important institutional positions because he has a brother who is a friend of Giorgia Meloni. This is how Consob’s appointment as commissioner risks appearing Gabriella Alemanno, Gianni’s sisterformer Minister of Agriculture, former mayor of Rome and historic exponent of the social right.