(ANSA) - ROME, MARCH 30 - "Corrupt administrators? No, in the most absolute way. Mayors, especially in small municipalities, are heroes today. They perform an essential, very important function, are paid very little and take on great responsibilities".
Thus the President of Anac Giuseppe Busìa interviewed on La Sette.
"Anac only has admiration for the mayors", he added, underlining that "controllability and transparency can be reconciled" and that tendering for contracts "in itself is not the bulk of the time that is spent. If not even a notice is made, the better companies are penalised", and it is those who are "incapable" of "causing delays".
"Towards the mayors - said Busia - Anac only has admiration, as well as towards public officials. The vast majority are people who serve the institution and work to do well. The trust that Anac places in the mayors is full. Not only that. Anac joins the administrations which stipulate a memorandum of understanding with us, and we help them by checking the documents before and during the tender, to reduce the dispute".
With regard to crime in tenders, Busia underlined that "unfortunately there are sectors in which crime is present. Having to spend large resources in a short time, the risks are high".
In his opinion, however, "controllability and transparency can be reconciled with the speed of doing, through digital. No time is wasted.
The race itself isn't the bulk of the time you spend.
If not even a notice is given, the best companies are penalised.
And if incapable companies are chosen, these are the ones causing delays", concluded Busia whose critical statements on the new procurement code, in the part in which it allows mayors not to tender, have aroused controversy - but also appreciation, for example from the CGIL and Uil - and also the request for resignation from the Lega (ANSA).