Bernadette Grasso goes on the offensive: "I could not know who Vetro was, ready to leave the position of vice president of the Antimafia."

The regional deputy of Forza Italia, Bernardette Grasso, is going on the offensive to deny any involvement of hers that is criminally relevant in the investigation into healthcare in Sicily that led to the arrest of the executive Teresi, the mafia boss of Favara Vetro, and the resignation of Salvatoere Iacolino.

From the investigation documents, a presumed "relationship" between the parliamentarian and the figures at the center of the investigation has been suggested, and Bernadette Grasso firmly stated that no charges have been formulated against her.

The deputy has also distanced herself from Vetro, emphasizing that she has never had "knowledge, nor could I have it," of the "past or current judicial troubles" of the man, of whom she declared to be unaware even of his "physical features".

To protect herself from "media attacks" and what she defines as "unwarranted speculation by the professionals of the culture of suspicion", Grasso has announced that she is considering self-suspension from her position as vice president of the Anti-Mafia Commission.

A choice that, she explains, would also aim to facilitate any collaboration with the judicial authority for the verification of the facts. On the legal front, the deputy is going on the offensive: she has mandated her lawyer, Salvatore Silvestro, to verify the criminal relevance of the ways in which the investigative leaks were disseminated to the media.

This dissemination occurred, Grasso reiterates in conclusion, within the framework of a proceeding in which "I have not assumed, nor will I ever assume, the role of the investigated".