The mayor of quake-hit Ischia,
Enzo Ferrandino, on Wednesday urged the media not to portray the
islanders as a "community of illegal builders".
Saying "enough is enough", he said "tell it like it is".
Ferrandino was speaking after the civil protection department
slammed the use of "substandard material" in many of the
building that collapsed, and Transport and Infrastructure
Minister Graziano Delrio joined those saying that a magnitude
4.0 quake should not have caused the damage it did.
Two women were killed by the quake that injured 42 people,
one seriously, and left 2,600 homeless on the Bay of Naples
island.
As Naples prosecutors weighed opening a probe into multiple
manslaughter, Campania Governor Vincenzo De Luca called for an
end to "chatter" about illegal buildings after years in which
both centre-left and centre-right administrations issued
amnesties for illegal construction.
Campania, the region around Naples, is Italy's worst offender
as regards illegal building infractions with 17% of such crimes
at the latest tally, according to environmental group
Legambiente.
The quake grabbed front-page headlines in Wednesday's Italian
press with coverage focusing on the rescue of three brothers
aged seven months, eight years and 11 years.
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