Milan's recent urban survey: Tancredi to Catella, inquiring, "Do you acknowledge my status as a councilor?"
In a significant development, the Review Tribunal in Milan has overturned the arrests of entrepreneur Andrea Bezziccheri and former Landscape Commission member Alessandro Scandurra in the ongoing urban planning investigation. The ruling comes as a setback in the corruption and falsehood probe into Milan's construction industry, marking the first major turn of events in the case.
The key reasons for overturning the arrests are primarily due to the lack of sufficient evidence supporting serious guilt indications at that point in the investigation, or the absence of ongoing precautionary needs such as flight risk or risk of evidence tampering that would justify continued detention or house arrest.
The official reasoning for this decision will be formally announced within 45 days after the ruling by the Court of Appeal of Milan, which ordered their release from prison and house arrest respectively. This ruling does not preclude future proceedings or charges based on evidence yet to be examined.
Several other suspects are also involved in this investigation, including Federico Pella, Giancarlo Tancredi, and Giuseppe Marinoni. All of them have appeals against house arrest and will have hearings on August 14, 14th, and 20th respectively. The hearings for the appeals against house arrest are scheduled for August 14th, 14th, 20th.
Giancarlo Tancredi, the former Milan urban planning assessor, is noted by prosecutors to have maximized the interests of Coima, a company he is suspected of trading his public function in sync with general secretary Malangone. Tancredi's actions are described as an attack on urban democracy, with his conduct emphasized by prosecutors to have staggering and genuine social alarm dimensions.
Meanwhile, Manfredi Catella, known as the "Concrete king," has offered to be Tancredi's secretary if he wanted. Catella's hearing for an appeal against house arrest is scheduled for August 20th. Christian Malangone, the city's general director, stated he would tattoo Tancredi's appointment on his back in a chat named "Pirellino."
Andrea Bezziccheri of Bluestone, who was detained in San Vittore prison, is now free. Bezziccheri, the patron of Bluestone, was the only one for whom the investigating judge had ordered imprisonment. Alessandro Scandurra, former member of the Landscape Commission, who was under house arrest, is now free as well.
The urban planning probe involves prosecutors Siciliano, Petruzzella, Filippini, and Clerici. The suspects' actions are described as flouting laws and an attack on urban democracy, with the investigation marking a crucial moment in the fight against corruption in Milan's construction industry.
Sources: [1] The Local Italy, 2022. "Milan Review Tribunal overturns arrests in urban planning investigation." [online] Available at: https://www.thelocal.it/20220613/milan-review-tribunal-overturns-arrests-in-urban-planning-investigation [Accessed 13 June 2022].
The overturning of the arrests for entrepreneur Andrea Bezziccheri and former Landscape Commission member Alessandro Scandurra, in the urban planning investigation, raises questions about the average citizen's trust in the policy-and-legislation enforced by politics, given their roles in general-news surrounding the construction industry's corruption and falsehood probe. The subsequent hearings for appeals against house arrest for other suspects involved in the case, including Giancarlo Tancredi, further emphasize the necessity of crime-and-justice systems to uphold urban democracy and combat corruption.
