Ex PM Siciliano criticises closure of Milan urban planning inquiry
Former deputy prosecutor of Milan Tiziana Siciliano contests the closure request in proceedings concerning corruption and urban planning, arguing that judges underestimate modern forms of corruption.
Clash over modern corruption in Milan
Tiziana Siciliano, former deputy prosecutor of Milan, has publicly criticised in a video the closure request in the second strand of the urban planning inquiry of the Lombardy capital. According to Siciliano, the decisions of the Court of Review and the Court of Cassation reflect a misunderstanding of contemporary corruption compared to that of the Mani Pulite era.
"Judges ignore, or want to ignore, that today's corruption is very different from that in the times of Mani Pulite," declared Siciliano, as reported by Il Fatto Quotidiano. The former magistrate described the overall picture as "terrible" and emphasised how conflicts of interest have been trivialised by judicial measures, whilst she considers them extremely serious.
Siciliano's criticism highlights an interpretative divide between the prosecution and the courts on the methods by which corrupt schemes operate in Milan's urban planning dynamics. The closure request represents, in her view, the outcome of decisions that fail to grasp the evolved nature of current corrupt phenomena.
Source: Il Fatto Quotidiano - Cronaca