Cabinet on Thursday named Vasco
Errani special government commissioner for reconstruction in
central Italy, where a 6.2-magnitude quake razed entire villages
across four regions last week.
Errani reports directly to Premier Matteo Renzi and will
coordinate between central government, regional governors, and
mayors in conjunction with the National Anti-Corruption
Authority (ANAC) to allocate the funds to rebuild public and
private buildings and infrastructure.
Errani has the right experience for the job because he was
commissioner in charge of reconstruction after a May 2012
earthquake in the Emilia Romagna region while he was its
governor, the premier's office said in statement.
"This was not an easy task, and he carried it out in a
sensible...and highly proper fashion," the statement said.
"Errani did his job very well," Premier Matteo Renzi told
RTL private FM radio.
"The idea is to rebuild as it was, where it was".
The center-left premier - who yesterday obtained German
Chancellor Angela Merkel's assurance the EU would see its way to
helping Italy rebuild after the devastating quake that killed
293 people and brought a swathe of central Italian communities
and businesses to their knees - added that "the money (for
reconstruction) is there, and if it runs out we'll get more by
utilizing all available EU flexibility clauses".
"I'm not worried about that," Renzi said.
"The key point is to track (the reconstruction funds) cent
by cent" to make sure central Italy is rebuilt without
corruption and criminal infiltration, the premier said.
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