Entrepreneur Gianni Forte Reopens Gaming Center in Barra Amidst Solidarity and Support from Institutions

"I had promised to reopen if there was an immediate response from the state. And there has been a response," says entrepreneur Gianni Forte, marking a victorious new beginning as he restarts his gaming center on Via Luigi Volpicella, in the Barra district, after suffering several robberies both at his commercial establishment and at his other stores. Numerous state representatives were present at the reopening. "The presence of the institutions demonstrates the willingness to be concretely by the side of entrepreneurs. It is a first step towards the recovery of a territory abandoned for years," Forte continued. "People are afraid, merchants are afraid," Forte commented. "We need to give these people confidence, and confidence can only be given by intervening in a concrete, massive way." The reopening was a moment of spring, comments the prefect Michele di Bari, because the reopening of the activity "means that the State and its articulations have provided an adequate response such that it creates great trust towards the police forces, the State, the judiciary." Also present at the reopening was the deputy prosecutor of Naples, Antonio Ricci, representing the Neapolitan judicial office. Flavia Sorrentino, vice-president of the Naples City Council, assured that "we will not leave you alone" and promised a constant commitment to the territory: "The real challenge, now, is that of continuity. And we will win this challenge. I have decided to commit publicly so that the youth of this city do not leave." The magistrate and city councilor of Naples, Catello Maresca, announced that he will propose in the Council the establishment of a day against the Camorra and emphasized the need to invest in prevention and in involving the community. Alongside Gianni Forte was also the Union of Industrialists of Naples, represented by Guido Bourelly, CEO of the Bourelly group and president of the Small Industry Group of the Union of Industrialists of Naples: "We are close to Gianni and will be close to all entrepreneurs who, like Gianni, fight to do business safely. What the peripheral territories need above all are investments: next to the businesses, activities, a vibrant, flourishing economic fabric must be created, otherwise every single activity will end up finding itself in a dangerous and harmful isolation." Imma Guariniello brought a message of closeness and support on behalf of Senator Sergio Rastrelli of Brothers of Italy, engaged in institutional affairs in Rome. Former Senator Sandro Ruotolo, among the founders of the Disarmiamo Napoli committee, stressed the importance of creating a network between society, politics, and institutions to save not only the Barra neighborhood but the entire eastern outskirts, on which the committee has long focused attention. The Anti-Racket Federation added that "the right way to create territorial antennas is to organize territorial associations in the fight against racketeering." Deputy Francesco Emilio Borrelli of the Green Left Alliance, on the other hand, emphasized the absence, on this day of reopening, of the citizenry: "There is a completely crumbled social fabric - he observed. Even on the occasion of the closing demonstration, other merchants, who understood what was happening, remained far, distant, without participating in this strong request for safety and legality."