Former anti-mafia prosecutor
Raffaele Cantone on Tuesday said he was leaving the helm of the
National Anti-Corruption Authority (ANAC) after more than five
years spent there.
In a letter published on ANAC's website, he said "I feel that
a cycle has definitively closed, also for the manifestation of a
different cultural approach towards ANAC and its role.
Cantone said he had applied to return to the judiciary,
"which I have always considered my home".
Referring to a corruption and cronyism scandal which has
roiled Italy's politicised judiciary, Cantone said the
magistrature was going through a "difficult" phase that
"prevents me from remaining a passive spectator".
He said his decision to leave ANAC "is a well-thought-through
and painful decision".
But he stressed "I think it is right to rejoin the ranks in
such a difficult moment for the life of the magistrature".
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