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Perplexity of Confitarma for the cancellation of the nomination of Haralambides to president of the Harbour Authority of Brindisi
"Al beyond the closely legal aspect - it has explained the shipowning Confederation - raises perplexity on its opportunity"
July 6, 2012
The Italian Confederation Shipping (Confitarma) has manifested perplexity for the recent sentence of the Regional administrative court for the Apulia, Section of C#lecce, that it has cancelled the nomination to president of the Harbour Authority of Brindisi di Hercules Haralambides for deficiency of the Italian citizenship ( on 27 June 2012). The shipowning association has specified that, "to beyond the closely legal aspect, it raises perplexity on its opportunity".
Confitarma has emphasized that "the professional competence of professor harbour Haralambides in matter is famous to all and its nomination is received by great part of the operators of the field as an example of oculata choice where is prevailed the maximum and proven professional qualification of the candidate in the fields of the economy of the transports and harbour, qualification - the Confederation has remembered - than the law n. 84/94 express indicate which requisitioned priority for the choice of the president of a Harbour Authority".
"Moreover, own based on such certain managerial qualities - it has found Confitarma - in the course of its mandate the port of Brindisi has recorded meaningful increments of traffic species in particular in the field of the line services".
"It minds therefore to state - it has continued Confitarma - than also in the presence of a particularly characterized subject has ended in order to prevail restrictive a legal logic that if on one side it prevents to a communitarian citizen of to be able to preside a not economic public body, which is exactly a Harbour Authority, from the other recognizes to same the possibility to be elect alderman and member of the council let alone European parliamentarian by the Italian electorate".
"Sussistono frankly - it has concluded the association - of the obvious contradictions that, although they are formally online with the legislative dictation in vigor, appear under the profile of the political opportunity decidedly exceeded".
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The Italian Confederation Shipping (Confitarma) has manifested perplexity for the recent sentence of the Regional administrative court for the Apulia, Section of C#lecce, that it has cancelled the nomination to president of the Harbour Authority of Brindisi di Hercules Haralambides for deficiency of the Italian citizenship 
- Via Raffaele Paolucci 17r/19r - 16129 Genoa - ITALY
