Saba: "I'm returning to be mayor of Ottana. I have faith in the judges."

The first step was to convene a City Council meeting "open to the public," but also to confirm the Executive Committee he appointed while under house arrest, with decrees later declared illegitimate by the Regional Administrative Court (TAR). So much so that an appeal to the Council of State, in light of these new developments, may become superfluous. Franco Saba, the mayor re-elected last June 9th for a third term, was first placed under house arrest and then in prison, finally released on November 4th. Yesterday morning, he returned to City Hall after an investigation into alleged attempted extortion. "I'm going back to being mayor," he said. "I have faith in the judges."

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