Tronca at 100 days calls for new ethic

(ANSA) - Rome, January 29 - 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".