Anas: the barbine figures of government, Mef and Ferrovie on De Carolis
What happened to the skipped appointment of the former manager of the Atlantia group, Ugo De Carolis, at the top of Anas?
"In the light of the statements made by some representatives of political forces, on the hypothesis of my possible appointment as CEO of Anas, I consider it appropriate to withdraw my willingness to take on the post".
This is what the former manager of the Atlantia group, Ugo De Carolis, put on paper yesterday , after the barrage of criticism from all the parliamentary groups on the name that the government and Railways (group that controls Anas) had agreed as CEO of Anas in place of Massimo Simonini .
So the former number one of Adr (Aeroporti di Roma), rather than withdrawing his candidacy, was forced to flee due to the lashes that came on his name from all the parties that in fact also involved the choices of Palazzo Chigi and the Ministry of Economy.
Yet it all seemed done for De Carolis.
“Luigi Ferraris, managing director of Ferrovie, indicates the names of the new board of Anas and among these appear the profiles of Ugo De Carolis as CEO, and Edoardo Valente as president. De Carolis was the head of Aeroporti di Roma, a subsidiary of Atlantia dei Benetton. And, therefore, recognized as a man very close to Giovanni Castellucci, accused in Genoa for the tragedy of the Morandi Bridge ”, wrote the Corriere della Sera.
" The decision was made: De Carolis would have been in charge, while Edoardo Valente, general of the army corps of the Guardia di Finanza, would have been appointed president", added La Stampa
But the plan derails.
Whose was the greatest barbina figure? Palazzo Chigi, where the appointments are also sifted by Draghi's prince advisor, Francesco Giavazzi. Del Mef, which controls Anas through the Railways and follows the nomination dossier in terms of method and substance. Or of Railways?
"More than against Ferrovie dello Stato, the parent company of the holding company that incorporated the company of the road and motorway networks, they take it out on the shareholder, the Ministry of Economy, guilty, according to the majority and opposition political forces, of not having supervised the indication of one of the managers closest to the Benetton family and to the ax ad of Atlantia, Giovanni Castellucci ”, wrote the newspaper L a Stampa .
However, the controversy burned the name of De Carolis within a few hours, forcing the Minister of Economy Daniele Franco and Prime Minister Mario Draghi to intervene to stop the appointment. A stop, therefore, to the move of Ferraris recently appointed at the top of the FS by Draghi and Franco.
This is a machine translation from Italian language of a post published on Start Magazine at the URL https://www.startmag.it/smartcity/anas-le-figure-barbine-di-governo-mef-e-ferrovie-su-de-carolis/ on Thu, 05 Aug 2021 08:42:23 +0000.