MiBACT hires Famous Island notary as consultant. But it is not clear what he will do, and Fdi calls for questioning

The appointment of Valerio Tacchini as an adviser to the minister of Cultural Heritage has passed in silence: no communiqué and no information note, only a ministerial decree informing of his appointment as adviser to the minister. He will have a delegation for relations with territories and will receive no remuneration: in fact, the appointment is free of charge. The experiences of Tacchini, a Milanese notary public, include those on theIsola dei Famosi (he was in charge of televoting) and at the 5 Star Movement, where he monitored voting on the Rousseau electronic platform (in addition, several media outlets, such as Il Messaggero, describe him as a close friend of Beppe Grillo and the Casaleggio family). In the latter capacity, he is especially remembered for his appearance on the stage in Rimini when he handed Beppe Grillo the envelope containing the name of the winner of the Movement’s primaries (Luigi Di Maio, as is well known).

However, it is not very clear what Tacchini will be in charge of at the Ministry of Cultural Heritage, and while still the Messenger draws a parallel between the figure of Tacchini and that of former Hyena Dino Giarrusso (he, like Tacchini, also ran for M5S in the elections, was defeated, and then received an appointment), that there are those who have advanced doubts about his appointment. In particular, a few hours ago the Fratelli d’Italia party, through the mouth of its group leader in the House Culture Committee, Federico Mollicone, issued a note announcing a request for aparliamentary question. “We learn from the press,” the statement reads, “that Minister Alberto Bonisoli has appointed as a consultant to the Mibact the 5-star movement’s notary public and guarantor of voting on the Rousseau platform, Valerio Tacchini, and that the same, when questioned, asserted that he was carrying out the new assignment free of charge. We would not like that given the purely technical nature of Minister Bonisoli, the M5S has decided to politically commissariate the Mibact by imposing the notary Tacchini moreover a 5-star candidate, and not elected, at the last consultations. This is why Fratelli d’Italia will ask Minister Bonisoli in a question what the role of consultant Tacchini will be, in what field he will carry out his work, whether he will have decision-making power, and whether his figure can be compatible with his manifest affiliation with the 5 Star Movement. In addition, we will also demand to know if what he stated about the free remuneration of the activity in Mibact corresponds to the truth, which would corroborate, if confirmed, our questions about his mere political role.”

Pictured: Valerio Tacchini (photo from his Facebook page)

MiBACT hires Famous Island notary as consultant. But it is not clear what he will do, and Fdi calls for questioning

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