Museums: Acidini, I resign for reform – ANSA.it

Museums: Acidini, I resign for reform – ANSA.it

(Reuters) – FLORENCE, SEPTEMBER 22 – The superintendent of the Museums of Florence, Cristina Acidini, resigned. The decision, he says, “comes from the assessment of the likely effects of the reform in progress”, not the “investigations against me.”
Just today, it emerged that Acidini is under investigation for abuse of office in regard to the selection of the company to ensure the loaned abroad and is involved in the investigation of the Court of Auditors on the fees deemed not suitable for holding concerts at Boboli.
addition to the superintendent Acidini is investigated also the director of the Vatican Museums, Antonio Paolucci on charges of abuse of office. Paolucci joined the investigation as a former superintendent of the State Museums of Florence. In addition to the two senior executives have also investigated an officer of the Superintendent of Florence, Marco Fossi, and an insurer. At the center of the investigation cӏ an agreement in the fall of 2006 between the supervision pole Florentine museum and the Axa insurance-art. The agreement Рsigned by Paolucci shortly before he left Florence for Rome Рas

the insurance of the works of art of the museum complex in Florence during transport abroad, when they are loaned for exhibitions. According to the indictment, the superintendent would have chosen the insurance company with direct assignment, and not through the race, as required by European standards for policies that exceed 50,000 euro.

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