Dotti, surprise plea deal and outburst: “I was at Golgotha, they left me alone”

Giovanni Totti He lit another cigarette on his lawyer’s terrace, where there was a light breeze, very cold for the season.

He has maintained his innocence since his arrest. Now he has decided to settle. Why?

“Because the prosecutor’s office, faced with the prospect of an instant judgment for decades, put something indisputable on the table, a second and perhaps third line of inquiry that would occupy twenty years of private lives and courtrooms. The second reason is that the funding of the Doty Committee was just as legal, in their opinion, among my influential people. “The lawyers basically confirmed that there was no illegal activity and I am innocent because I acted in public interest,” he said.

Some would think that Dotty would have done something if he had settled down.

“Making an agreement does not mean recognizing one’s faults, but finding oneself halfway, or in this case more than halfway. Transactions always leave a bad taste in the mouth, which means that on the one hand you did not fight to the end to justify your rights and be completely freed, but on the other hand you have the satisfaction of having recognized many of your reasons. is “.

When they offered you a solution, how did you react?

“Obviously, when you look at the first results of the investigation, which is the house arrest of the governor, the resignation, I think the prosecutors have a sense of a very large-scale crime center.”

“We have always maintained. I never attacked the magistrates, I never will, but in my opinion they misunderstood what they had. You may be wrong, but if the political life of a region and the lives of many people deteriorate by creating a contract of 1,500 hours of socially useful work, it is up to the Legislature to intervene. I think that if you asked me to do it without all this, I would have done it happily. In the context of extreme populism, it was the parliament that made all these laws. If it does not have the courage to change the situation, it will always be under its thumb.”

Do you consider this plea deal a draw?

“No, a win. I parked my car in a no-parking zone from being Al Capone. A mountain of accusations gave birth to a little rat.”

In four months his life has completely changed.

“For me, for my family, for my collaborators, but also for a region that has elected a governor, with goals to continue the majority and political direction.”

This issue will have an impact on the election campaign.

“I hope not. I hope the politicians understand that what happened in Liguria is not just about one side. However, honestly, despite some particular feelings, I find the world of politics resigned.”

“Badly written laws, somewhat hypocritical and disinterested policy”.

With whom did you share the decision to negotiate?

“My wife, close friends and anyone whose judgment I trust, as well as my lawyers. No one told me I was wrong.

Did he convey this to his political allies?

“Marco Pucci knows that. I told him a few hours before the signing. We will discuss with the other partners.

It seems they are not very happy.

“Instead they should be. It strengthens everyone’s position.

“Because the attorney general’s office agreed that the procedures and funding that benefited all of our forces were legitimate. They should build a monument to Doty.”

Would a martyr doti be more effective than a bargain doti?

“I don’t see a long procession coming with me to Calcutta. Honestly, returning with the cross on my shoulder, with a few exceptions, leaves an uncomfortable void behind it.”