Rome Commissioner Francesco
Paolo Tronca reached the 100-day mark in his position on Friday,
and in reviewing his work thus far, said that he aims to "leave
the city restarted, in better condition than I found it, and
give it that way to whomever, democratically elected, will
become first citizen of the capital".
In an interview on Radio1 RAI program Voci del Mattino, the
former Milan prefect called his job "complex, just like Rome is
complex".
"My team and I work constantly, 360 degrees".
Listing the tasks he has accomplished since being appointed
following the ouster of Democratic Party (PD) mayor Ignazio
Marino following an expenses scandal last November, Tronca said,
"We're trying to get a city going again that needs to start
walking again, running again".
Among his administration's accomplishments, he cited talks
with unions, the fight against illegality, the potting of
400,000 trees, and the "systematic" cleaning up of
neighborhoods.
Tronca also said he and his team are working on a new
anti-corruption plan, based on by guidelines set forth by
Raffaele Cantone, head of national anti-corruption authority
ANAC, but not focusing solely on corruption alone.
"There needs to be a new ethic in public administration,
which is now seen by citizens as the emblem of bureaucracy,
therefore in a completely negative light," Tronca said.
"There needs to be a turnaround in public administration,
made up of people proud of the role that they hold, with the
dignity of belonging, more motivated, more aware of their own
responsibilities," he said.
"It's on this sense of responsibility that we have to take
action".
Tronca said he would advise the next mayor of Rome to aim
for an administration that's "aware of its own role and its own
responsibilities, to give trust back to the city, dismantling
the mechanism of surrendering to inefficiency".
"I think Rome has extraordinary potential, higher than any
other metropolitan city. It just needs to be brought out and
fully expressed".
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