Mayors and administrators of Umbria met in Piazza San Benedetto, in Norcia, to "huddle around" the mayor Nicola Alemanno suspended following a sentence of one year and ten months in prison. The mayors do not want immunity or special treatment, but respect.
The mayor is the only institutional figure who is suspended with a conviction at first instance in trials which, as we know, in 97% of cases do not reach a final judgment. For Toniaccini "the mayor is targeted and accused for whatever happens"