Spano: “I ended up in a meat grinder, I resigned because of the attacks on my private life”

The former chief of staff of the Ministry of Culture to Repubblica: "My husband's contract has nothing to do with it. I am saddened"

ROME – “I ended up in an unjust and unjustified political meat grinder. An outsized meat grinder. The Pro-Lifers have made their assessments. I respect them. I can understand the criticisms of my life choices, I don’t expect everyone to think like me or live the same way as me. But I didn’t expect an attack on my private life and my choices“. Francesco Spano resigned as cabinet chief of the Ministry of Culture before an investigation by Report that will air only on Sunday. A box that jumps and the political domino that snaps, with the new Minister of Culture Giuli last in line, shaky. Spano vents to Repubblica. He says he says “saddened”. But she also says that the hiring of her husband Marco Carnabuci as a consultant for the Maxxi with a contract worth 14 thousand euros, when he was general secretary, has nothing to do with it.

“It seems clear to me that the reaction that was triggered and that led to my resignation goes well beyond the issue of the consultant contract. The contract was not signed by me and I did not intervene in any phase of evaluation and awarding of the supply. A public procedure was opened and the legal office took care of it. Everything is regular. Three or four offers were presented by various collaborators already registered in the Foundation’s register and there was a comparison of the proposals. And then my husband had been working for the Maxxi since 2018, long before I arrived. He had already been a registered consultant for some time”.

“I resigned because it was no longer possible to work in this context. An unpleasant climate had already been established as soon as the minister, whom I thank, chose me as his cabinet chief.”