Messina, 07/05/2010 - The Hon. Fortunato Romano spoke at the European Conference held last May 7 at the Palazzo Zanca entitled "The fight against corruption at local and regional level, significant event representatives of the Council of the European Regions in the same city that gave birth to what would be the European Union.
bringing the greetings of the President of Sicily Region, On.Raffaele Lombardo, Romano pointed out, the historical value of the Messina Conference of 1955 and the "Schuman Declaration", held in Paris on May 9 of that year milestone nascent European Community, which appears for the first time the political and strategic concept of "Europe" as we know it.
Referring to the contribution of civilization that Europe of the regions, language communities, nations, has been able to develop, in what was Europe's path to global citizenship, Roman Fortunato, drew directly on the living out of our regional community and the commitment of the leadership of the whole of southern Europe, to renew the current economic and social models, keeping alive the value of Europe and of EU policies in contrast to ' social and economic exclusion of individuals in the fight against corruption and the factors of reduction of entitlements, the basis of administrative malfeasance and inefficiency of our local authorities, primary cause of disaffection in the public life of their communities.
Speaking of gradual improvement of local governance, the Hon. Romano brought a dowry to Conference proceedings of the initiatives of the Regional Council in terms of contrast illegality, in favor of open government and free public access to goods and services essential for the success of law and democracy in general.
Roman Fortunato says: "The Region of Sicily, in recent years has led to new processes of social gathering for the legality and transparency in public administration, through targeted, with measures and legislation to combat the mafia ever more necessary to affirm Institutions such as the moral duty of representing the people and the foundation for any form of development of territories, especially for reality such as those of Southern Italy, where the criminal phenomenon of corruption is particularly acute and where distrust of political parties - unable to represent instances of citizens - is stronger than the rest of Europe. " The Regional
led by Hon. Raffaele Lombardo, with the significant expression of civil society - said Romano - developed during the term, some strong measures to fight against corruption in local government, particularly with reform of public administration, according to the criteria of efficiency and transparency.
In the fight against corruption mafia, the exponent autonomist, outlined legislative initiatives of the Government Lombardo: Regional Law No. 15 of November 20, 2008 about "Measures to combat organized crime, adopted dal'Assemblea Regional, makes automatic and obligatory requirement of a civil party in the processes of the Region Mafia for acts occurring on its territory, the establishment of the Office for Legality whose management was entrusted to Emily Julian, daughter of Boris, who was murdered by the mafia in 1979, would also define a protocol for renewable resources for Legality companies, where the interest is weighty mafia for the management of resources, the code of ethics for the contrast of phenomena of illegal and against the penetration of the Mafia in public administration, the drafting of which was called at the beginning of this term, the former national anti-Mafia prosecutor Pierluigi Vigna, the reform of the regional departments and the Discipline of employment in the ' regional administration carried out by former magistrate and Regional Councillor Catherine Chinn.
The Hon. Romano at the conclusion of his speech said that "we can not expect everything from politics without the participation of citizens in public life. The development of intermediate bodies, as recognized by the European flew becomes essential for the economic and social development of our territories. The incidence of the Mafia in the economy, especially in the GDP, is another reason why the packaging and the corruption of public administration are eradicated in all forms, through legislative initiatives adjacent to those undertaken by the European Parliament in support of families, schools , Institutions and civil society. "
