Scajola is reconfirmed in Imperia: the policeman who investigated him is overwhelmed

IMPERIA. When more than half of the sections scrutinized Claudio Scajola abandons all forms of superstitious prudence and announces: «We have more than 60%, we have won». The 32-tooth smile betrays the enthusiasm of a moment that has much more than the flavor of a rematch. Because the former minister who resigned twice and was reborn as mayor of the city brings home more results than he does in one fell swoop. The clearest affirmation, in percentage terms, in the history of Imperia. In 2018 he was forced into the ballot. He wins hands down after making the entire center-right kneel. From the beginning of the electoral campaign, he intimated: “I’m only presenting myself with my lists, I don’t want party symbols”. And the parties capitulated, one after the other. The last was Fratelli d’Italia: after weeks of claiming the decision to run alone, after a outburst from Ignazio La Russa, the Melonians abandoned their candidate to his fate.

Now Scajola says: «We won 6-0». It’s not just a tennis expression. It is a precise reference to his main opponent Ivan Bracco candidate from the Democratic Party and the centre-left. Detached, very detached. Bracco is the policeman who has investigated Scajola several times in the past. Investigations that brought the ex-minister six times in the prosecutors’ sights. The most serious case is the criminal association in the construction of the port of Imperia. Six processes, six filings or acquittals. Judicial events set between that of the house overlooking the Colosseum (prescription after an acquittal in the first instance), the investigation into the failure to escort Marco Biagi (archived) and the controversy over that “pain in the ass” who forced him to resign as minister of ‘Interno and the trial still in progress for having attempted to favor the fugitive of the FI deputy Amedeo Matacena, who in the meantime died in Dubai. Scajola’s lawyers will ask the court of appeal to acquit him after the conviction in the first degree: but even in this case the crime is already time-barred.

They asked him to go back to reorganizing Forza Italia, he said no. He phoned Berlusconi the day before he was hospitalized: “Silvio, I promise, I’ll win first and then I’ll come and see you.”