Valerio De Giorgi, the regional councilor of the Mixed group arrested last week on charges of corruption, attempted fraud and swap vote, did not appear at the Palace of Justice in Cagliari but made it known that he had the right not to answer. So for him, defended by the lawyer Massimo Ravenna, no guarantee questioning.

Instead, the builder of Quartucciu Corrado Deiana appeared in front of the investigating judge, also under house arrest for alleged corruption: according to the reconstruction of the financial economic police nucleus of the Finance, in exchange for an amendment to the law on the house plan he would have given four apartments to De Giorgi following a trade-in. The entrepreneur - defended by the lawyer Franco Villa - requested and obtained brief spontaneous statements: he said that his relations with the regional councilor had the contours of a consultancy and that he protected the interests of construction companies.

While as regards the exchange made with the land of the politician's family, he said it was perfectly in line with the mechanisms of the market, so much so that there was also the bank's financial plan.

For tomorrow, finally, the interrogation of De Giorgi's collaborator, Marco Pili, assisted by the lawyers Renato Chiesa and Pierandrea Setzu, under investigation for the hypothesis of an attempted fraud for having tried to obtain a regional contribution of 650 thousand euros to the Pro Loco Città, is expected. of Cagliari, founded and controlled - according to the accusation - directly by the regional councilor through relatives and people close to him.

(Unioneonline / ss)