Crans-Montana, Meloni: gaps in the investigation, joint investigation team now
The Prime Minister: 'Our judicial police have consolidated experience to carry out all the necessary investigations: I regret that this willingness has so far not been taken up'
"I feel deep indignation and dismay at a decision that inflicts a further, unspeakable heartbreak on the families of the victims and the many injured. The Italian state, and I personally, will stand by their side day after day in the search for justice and truth. The government will never leave these families alone'. So said Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, speaking to the 'Corriere della Sera' after the release on bail of Jacques Moretti, the owner of the club Le Constellation in Crans Montana that burnt down on New Year's Eve causing 40 victims.
The premier also goes into the merits of the ongoing investigation. 'From the very beginning,' she explains, 'Italy has offered cooperation to the Swiss authorities in order to shed full light on what happened. Our judicial police have consolidated experience to carry out all the necessary investigations: I regret that this willingness has not been taken up so far, and that on the contrary, the investigations have experienced uncertainties, delays and gaps, to the point that not even the autopsies of young people who died without burns have been carried out". So, here is the request of the tenant of Palazzo Chigi: 'I therefore ask that at least now, after what has happened, a joint investigation team be set up without delay and without further resistance, using the expertise and professionalism of members of the Italian police force'.
Moretti meanwhile is in the stone and wood villa in Lens, guarded by the police. Jacques arrived there on Friday evening after the doors of Sion prison opened, thanks to the order signed by Judge Christian Roten of the Court of Coercive Measures. The payment of the 200,000 francs bail into the Prosecutor's Office bank account 'closed' the file and unblocked an impasse that had lasted a few days. The crux of the matter: the bail money does not belong to Jacques and Jesica Moretti, owners of the Constellation, but was paid by a 'close friend' who wishes to remain anonymous for fear of reprisals. Jacques, who will now simply have to comply with certain precautionary measures such as a daily signing order and a ban on travelling abroad, told investigators that he has only three friends in Switzerland: a prominent notary in the ski resort, a well-known insurer and a businessman. And the mystery of the financier reignited the controversy.
