Interrogation of guarantee before the investigating judge Giorgio Altieri, Monday 28 at the Palazzo di Giustizia of Cagliari, for the regional councilor of the Misto group Valerio De Giorgi, 57, under house arrest on charges of corruption , attempted fraud and swap vote at the conclusion of an investigation by the economic and financial police unit of the financial police of the capital, coordinated by prosecutor Giangiacomo Pilia.

His lawyer, Massimiliano Ravenna, has not yet dissolved the reserve on defensive strategy. The lawyers of De Giorgi's collaborator, Marco Pili, also under house arrest on the orders of the investigating judge, are still studying the investigative documents. The lawyers Renato Chiesa and Pier Andrea Setzu defended him. The precautionary order also hit the Quartucciu builder Corrado Deiana, defended by Franco Villa.

All three were summoned on Monday by the investigating judge for questioning. For the regional councilor and the entrepreneur the accusation is of corruption for having agreed on an amendment on the house plan (De Giorgi was president of the Budget Commission) in exchange for four apartments obtained by the politician, while Pili is under investigation for alleged irregularities on the contributions intended to the Pro Loco of Cagliari founded by people very close to De Giorgi, if not by family members themselves.

The exponent of the Mixed group is also charged with the crime of swapping votes: according to the prosecution, he promised jobs and other favors in exchange for a preference, asking as proof the photo taken in the voting booth. Facts that would have taken place on the occasion of the regional elections that brought De Giorgi to the Council but also in other consultations for the metropolitan city of Cagliari, where he would have supported some local candidates. In this line of investigation, 12 other people are being investigated.

(Unioneonline / D)

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