The Italian Government changed the culture portfolio, whose owner Sandro Bondi resigned amid criticism of the opposition by the landslides recorded in the archaeological area of Pompeii and the lack of public funding for culture, and Agriculture, occupied by Giancarlo Galan. Following the Council of Ministers held in Rome, the undersecretary of the Prime Minister, Gianni Letta, told a news conference announced the formal submission of the resignation by Bondi, who has in recent months he had expressed his intention to leave the Cabinet .
"The Cabinet Minister has been dedicated to Bondi applause, a warm and affectionate testimony of gratitude and esteem. In his letter of resignation (the now former minister), reaffirms the passion with which he has served," Letta said, in remarks list the Italian media. The Secretary of the Presidency also lamented "Bondi unjust accusations that have endured with great dignity, bearing weight on his shoulders, while the problems were not derived from the will of the minister Bondi, but a set of factors." Bondi's role had been questioned by the opposition, especially after the landslides recorded last November at the archaeological site of Pompeii, near Naples (south), the minister attributed to heavy rains in the area.
The opposition complained of lack of funds the government had allocated to culture and the excavations of Pompeii, in particular, an archaeological area of 440,000 square meters Heritage Site by the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and has suffered a considerable decline in recent years.
According to Italian media, this lack of funding for culture has been an issue that has generated some discomfort at Bondi within his government, especially to the Director of Finance, the Economy Minister Giulio Tremonti. Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, after the Council went to the Quirinal Palace to the oath before the President of the Republic, Giorgio Napolitano, the new Minister of Agriculture, Saverio Romano, the group of Italian Popular Tomorrow (PID) and the Democrats exparlamentario UDC.
Thus replaced Galan Romano, who in turn vowed on Wednesday to the president of the Bondi Repúblicaa as a substitute to head the Ministry of Culture. In a press release issued today, Napolitano wanted to say, however, his "reservations" about the appointment of Romano from a "point of view of institutional and political opportunity." In the note, the President of the Republic says that in the coming weeks are expected decision by the judicial authorities Sicily to research the new Minister of Agriculture of course aggravated corruption contest for possible complicity with the mafia, the Cosa Nostra. 
"The Cabinet Minister has been dedicated to Bondi applause, a warm and affectionate testimony of gratitude and esteem. In his letter of resignation (the now former minister), reaffirms the passion with which he has served," Letta said, in remarks list the Italian media. The Secretary of the Presidency also lamented "Bondi unjust accusations that have endured with great dignity, bearing weight on his shoulders, while the problems were not derived from the will of the minister Bondi, but a set of factors." Bondi's role had been questioned by the opposition, especially after the landslides recorded last November at the archaeological site of Pompeii, near Naples (south), the minister attributed to heavy rains in the area.
The opposition complained of lack of funds the government had allocated to culture and the excavations of Pompeii, in particular, an archaeological area of 440,000 square meters Heritage Site by the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and has suffered a considerable decline in recent years.
According to Italian media, this lack of funding for culture has been an issue that has generated some discomfort at Bondi within his government, especially to the Director of Finance, the Economy Minister Giulio Tremonti. Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, after the Council went to the Quirinal Palace to the oath before the President of the Republic, Giorgio Napolitano, the new Minister of Agriculture, Saverio Romano, the group of Italian Popular Tomorrow (PID) and the Democrats exparlamentario UDC.
Thus replaced Galan Romano, who in turn vowed on Wednesday to the president of the Bondi Repúblicaa as a substitute to head the Ministry of Culture. In a press release issued today, Napolitano wanted to say, however, his "reservations" about the appointment of Romano from a "point of view of institutional and political opportunity." In the note, the President of the Republic says that in the coming weeks are expected decision by the judicial authorities Sicily to research the new Minister of Agriculture of course aggravated corruption contest for possible complicity with the mafia, the Cosa Nostra.
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