Museum directors return (for now) to their posts. TAR rulings suspended.

The Council of State finally ruled on the museum directors issue, but only to suspend the Lazio Regional Administrative Court rulings and postpone the final decision, which will be made on October 26. The Ministry’s appeal was upheld, however, and the five suspended directors (Peter Assmann at the Palazzo Ducale in Mantua, Martina Bagnoli at the Galleria Estense in Modena, Eva Degli Innocenti at the Archaeological Museum of Taranto, Paolo Giulierini at the Archaeological Museum of Naples, and Carmelo Malacrino at the Archaeological Museum of Reggio Calabria) can therefore return to their posts.

The measure was taken by cautorial orders number 201702472 and 201702471, which state that “it appears appropriate to suspend the effectiveness of the appealed judgment until the publication of the measure to be issued at the outcome of the public hearing on October 26, 2017, so that the Section orders that medio tempore the execution of the appealed judgment does not take place and that the counterinterested parties who were partially unsuccessful in the first instance are readmitted to service, allowing them to receive the relevant salaries,” and therefore the Council of State “suspends pursuant to and to the extent set forth in the grounds the effectiveness of the appealed judgment and allows the performance of the functions by the partially unsuccessful counterinterested parties in the first instance.” the suspended directors, in fact, as a result of the suspension were no longer able to work, “with immediate prejudice on their personal and family livelihood”, while, on the other hand, “it appears that the appellant who was partially successful at first instance is currently carrying out the functions of director of a museum structure, on the basis of an appointment made at the end of the same procedure for which the case is being brought, an appointment which, moreover, does not appear to be challenged at the moment”.

The Minister of Cultural Heritage, Dario Franceschini, entrusts, as always, to Twitter his comment, laconic and aseptic: “The Council of State suspends the judgement of the TAR on the museum directors, who from tomorrow return to duty. In October final decision.” So, four more months of limbo before knowing the fate of the five museums.

Museum directors return (for now) to their posts. TAR rulings suspended.

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