Disgraced official shares 'panic-management' expertise
(ANSA)
- Rome, August 6 - Education Minister Stefania Giannini expressed
dismay on Wednesday after it emerged that former Costa Corcordia
captain Francesco Schettino spoke on "panic management"at a
conference organised by Rome's La Sapienza University. Schettino is
on trial on charges including abandoning ship and multiple
manslaughter for the Corcordia disaster, in which 32 people died in
January 2012 when he ran the huge cruise liner onto rocks off the
Island of Giglio. "I find it disconcerting that Schettino took
part in a conference organised by Rome's La Sapienza University,"
Giannini said. La Sapienza's Rector, Luigi Frati, said Schettino's
invitation to an event staged by his university was "shameful
and inopportune," adding that Professor Vincenzo Mastronardi,
who allegedly asked the former commander to speak, had been reported
to its ethics committee "for eventual disciplinary action".
Outraged commentators suggested that La Sapienza university now
invite Mafia bosses to lecture on legality. "Truly, everything
in Italy is tragically possible," said Giorgio Innocenzi and
Igor Gelarda, secretary and chair of CONSAP police officers' union.
"Let's not forget that Schettino dealt with panic very well that
evening. He made a quick exit from the liner". Grosseto chief
prosecutor Francesco Verusio, in charge of the legal case against
Schettino, said he was "truly outraged at what can happen in
this country. Schettino gave a lecture and they also gave him a
diploma. A diploma for what? What will the young people there have
made of it? Let's hope they poked fun at him". Barbara
Saltamartini, an MP for the New Centre Right (NCD) party, said the
government should intervene to prevent the former cruise ship captain
trying to cash in on his ill-gotten celebrity. "This is pure
madness. We expect urgent and clear action from Giannini, not just a
generic dressing down," she said.
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