Convicted Naples Mayor Luigi
De Magistris on Tuesday reiterated claims of alleged injustice
suffered at the hands of President of the Republic Giorgio
Napolitano when the former was a prosecuting magistrate, but
added that this "personal suffering" had now been overcome.
"I suffered a major injustice (from Napolitano) when I was
a magistrate as he presided over the CSM (Supreme Council of
Magistrates, the judiciary's self-governing body) that
transferred me," De Magistris told Radio 24 in reference to his
removal in 2008 from the prosecutor's office in the Calabrian
town of Catanzaro following claims he had revealed the names of
politicians involved in his investigations.
The magistrate-cum-politician first made the claims against
the head of state in an interview with the on-line edition of
Espresso magazine on Monday.
"However as mayor (of Naples) I have overcome this personal
suffering and entered into institutional relations with the
president," continued De Magistris.
These relations "will continue to be institutional" he
added.
"I am still mayor and I am certain I will continue to be so
until 2016. There will be loyal collaboration but also liberty,"
De Magistris said.
On Wednesday the Naples mayor was handed a 15-month
suspended sentence for involvement in obtaining the telephone
data of some MPs, including former premier Romano Prodi, without
the proper authorisation during a probe.
Following his conviction Senate Speaker Pietro Grasso said
that a 2012 anti-corruption law suspending people convicted of
certain crimes from public office should be applied to his case.
However the former magistrate has refused to quit, saying
the abuse-of-office conviction is part of a plot to wrestle
control of the city from him.
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