(Jamma) The mayor of Formia Sandro Bartolomeo has decided to sign the "Manifesto of Mayors for legality and against gambling". The initiative is promoted by the Lega delle Autonomie Locali and Terre di Mezzo to bring it to the attention of the institutions state the seriousness of the problem and the difficulties that the Municipalities have in dealing with the phenomenon. The junta authorized it with a resolution approved yesterday. The measure will then go to the City Council for acknowledgment.
“I share the values and aims of the Manifesto – writes Mayor Bartolomeo in the letter sent to the Lega delle Autonomie -. Gambling is a serious social issue, a source of enormous damage for the most fragile sections of the population and represents a means of facilitating mafia infiltration in the area.
In a sector of exclusive state competence, in which the administrations have a residual role, signing the Manifesto is a fundamental opportunity for local authorities to get together in order to initiate effective and decisive actions aimed at tackling and solving a problem that mainly affects health and public order profiles.
The administration of the Municipality of Formia - he concludes - ensures its commitment in the fight against gambling, both through the adoption of every useful measure to contrast the phenomenon, and by adhering to the initiatives proposed and contained in the Mayors' Manifesto".
