"I have never had any dealings with or asked anything of the Tirrenia shipowners . I was invited as a speaker to a Panel at the Genoa Boat Show with other governors and industry figures and, as always happens in these cases, the person who invited me provided my ticket . Then whether these individuals managed to get the transfer free of charge I know little about it and frankly I have never even asked myself."
Speaking is Christian Solinas, former president of the Sardinia Region , who - according to what emerges from the documents of the investigation coordinated by the prosecutor Walter Cotugno on the ferry tickets given as gifts to officials of the Port Authority - traveled to go to the Genoa Boat Show in 2023 .
But the former governor points out: "As the regional offices know well, I have never asked the President for a single euro of reimbursement for any institutional mission, neither for tickets nor for meals nor for overnight stays . Imagine if in my way of thinking there could even remotely exist the idea of earning a free ticket on a ship".
