Raffaele untouchable, so Virginia he – The Republic

ROME - “Probably we were wrong: of this I feel sorry for the roman citizens, for the 5 Star Movement and Beppe Grillo". Virginia Ray says of the arrest of the chief of staff of the Municipality of Rome, Raffaele Marra, at a press conference, “lightning”, which does not stop even responding to the questions of the journalists. And indirectly admits that Grillo and a part of the M5s had reason to doubt the profile of the municipal officer alemanniano, who became his faithful right arm.

Despite the fact it was put on guard by the grillini of the first hour (see the famous post published on Facebook in September by Roberta Lombardi on Marra “virus that h as infected the movement”), and despite the founder of the M5s has tried on several occasions to scomunicarlo once and for all, Virginia, Ray has always defended to the bitter end.

The telenovela Marra, now at the last episode with an epilogue striking (his arrest for corruption, in fact), and has held with bated breath the Cinquestelle for six long months. Appointed initially as chief of staff for the vicar, together with Daniele Frongia (he was then transferred to the new office of the deputy mayor), Marra became in July the chief of staff of the Capitol.

At the end of October ends up in the crosshairs of the Anac, the authorities led by Raffaele Cantone, who, after a series of checks it puts in doubt even the titles to occupy leadership roles in the municipal administration. In the contemporary comes out onExpressed an investigation on his real estate business. And in those days that occurs for the call for missionaries – an hour and a half of call-and-response concluded with a stalemate between the Rays and the founder of the M5s. The first town you show unwavering: “Marra is attacked in so violent just because he is the enemy of the powers that be, those same powers that we are trying to fight. Therefore, we have the duty to defend it”, cuts short the mayor, rejecting the pressure of the Shackle to push it aside. The head of personnel is where it is. Her armchair to the palazzo Senatorio is not touched.

Just a few days after – we are in early November – happen two facts. The first: Beppe Grillo, worried about the mess of the so-called “beam magic” (the entourage of loyalists, of Rays), and urged on by the discontent growing of parliamentarians “movimentisti” and contrary to the decisions of the mayor (as well as Lombardi’s, and also Tavern, Ruocco, Fig and Sibilia), you may call the 29 councillors pentastellati the romans to understand what is happening to the Commune on the capitoline. Is everyone the same question: “What do you think of the Marra?”. A sort of mini-poll.

The second fact: the next day, just before a summit in the Capitol with the councillors and the councillors on the rotation of leaders, the Rays launched the ultimatum about the Marra before the elected M5S: “He does not touch it. If it goes away, I hereby resign”. Even the wall against the wall: the round of phone calls Cricket does not lead to anything.

still Spends a month and a half between high and low, until the earthquake of this morning. That has shaken the foundations of Movement and is bound to have heavy consequences both on the future of the city council and that of the team grillina and his race to the Palazzo Chigi.

Topics:

shutdown marra

m5s

the rome municipality

the capitol

Starring:

virginia ray

raffaele marra

Beppe Grillo