De Giorgi, argumentative goodbye to Marina: “Crows and vested interests want to influence the future of the body” – The Daily

Farewell to the Navy amid controversy for chief of staff Giuseppe De Giorgi . Shortly before the ceremony for the handover with Admiral Valter Girardelli , De Giorgi, 42 years of service in the Navy, took the opportunity for a personal outlet linked to the events on his involvement in the case Tempa Rossa , the investigation by the prosecution to Power on oil which led to the resignation of the minister for economic development Federica Guidi . “I have been an unjustified massacre, we must try to understand what were the vested interests,” he said among other De Giorgi. The admiral thanked the President of the Council Matteo Renzi to “have stood up for me in the hardest moments. With President of the Republic has had the courage to publicly defend my reputation at the peak of the storm, when others preferred to distance themselves “. De Giorgi also reiterated the same concepts during the ceremony: “The attacks against me does not deserve attention today. Especially do not deserve the crows and vested interests that have spread anonymous file for groped to influence the future of the Navy. “

Just before De Giorgi had participated, as a joke, even at a time “film”: before the official ceremony, during rehearsals, the band of the Navy mentions a song from the soundtrack of the Gladiator , and the admiral had pretended to be Maximum Tenth Meridio , citing Ridley Scott: “I am the last commander of the republican fleet, offended by the media , vilified by anonymous sources, I will have my revenge in one way or another “.

De Giorgi thanked the ministers of defense Mario Mauro and Roberta Pinotti for giving him political cover because it leaves” a legacy 16 more ships and two smaller units. ” A result, he says, had “the action of the two ministers”: “Without their political coverage would not have been possible to develop the multitude of initiatives to achieve in just over a year not only for funding but also draws up contracts of all ships wanted by the government. “

” we hope that there are no hidden interests “responded, when asked by reporters, Defence Minister, Roberta Pinotti . “But I do not think – he added Pinotti – this is the middle of the day. All reference to De Giorgi has been there for some events that have affected, but the center of his speech was not that. “

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