the pillory continues – The Time

New precautionary measure, still under house arrest, for the president of the Liguria Region, Giovanni Toti. The accusation this time is of illicit financing for the affair of the electoral spots paid for, according to the prosecution, in a less than transparent manner by Esselunga and projected on the giant screen of Terrazza Colombo, in the center of Genoa. Also investigated for the same crime are Toti’s former right-hand man, Matteo Cozzani, the former senator and owner of Primocanale Maurizio Rossi and the former Esselunga advisor, Francesco Moncada. Toti had already been arrested on May 7 for corruption and is still under house arrest in Ameglia, in his villa.

The new precautionary custody order once morest the Ligurian governor might affect the meetings requested by Toti and already authorized by the investigating judge, Paola Faggioni. At risk therefore are tomorrow’s meetings with the deputy prime minister and leader of the League Matteo Salvini and on Saturday with the councilor Marco Scajola. In the coming days Toti will be subjected to a new preliminary interrogation, in relation to this new line of investigation.