"The more than a thousand coffins that have remained unburied for two years in the Palermo cemetery are now a national emergency. The State accepts the request for help made by the mayor of the city Roberto Lagalla and the deputy mayor Carolina Varchi and intervenes with the Civil Protection ". This was announced yesterday by the Minister for Civil Protection and Maritime Policies, Nello Musumeci. "We have prepared a norm, examined by the Budget Committee, which provides for exceptions of various kinds and a financial coverage of up to two million euros - the minister clarified - The mayor of Palermo himself will be appointed Commissioner, and will have resources, means and tools to normalize the very serious hygienic-sanitary situation occurred in the cemetery of Santa Maria dei Rotoli of the regional capital".
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