Visco “We intervened with the Government to secure four banks” – DiariodelWeb.it

ROME – “We are committed, in cooperation with the government and in the continuous and total interaction with the offices of the Ministry of Economy, has been up and we averted the crisis but on the other If the failure of the four banks who failed will pay “. He said the governor of the Bank of Italy, Ignazio Visco, in a long interview with The Republic .
“I also hope that I who was wrong pay. And I am sure that the judiciary will do so to punish offenders “ added. He made it clear: “There is no tension with the government, with whom we cooperate and there was just no controversy over the decision to entrust the arbitration authority chaired by Raffaele Cantone” . As for his visit to the Quirinal “had been scheduled for some time,” . Even with the Consob ‘ “dialogue was and still is continuous and thorough” .

Visco: Against me unprovoked attacks
“We intervened to secure four banks representing a small, although territorially important, the Italian banking system – Visco explained -. We did it to avoid much worse damage to hundreds of thousands of investors and companies, to continue to provide credit to local economies, to safeguard thousands of jobs. The alternative to the settlement procedure adopted for the four banks would be a liquidation within the meaning of the Civil Code, with devastating effects “.

 Viscous liquid personal attacks against him as “not motivated” . “These days – said – I saw serious inaccuracies and sometimes fanciful reconstructions, which risk fueling unfounded suspicions about our work and the entire banking system” .

Environments Quirinale: never talked about resignation Visco

 In the meeting last Thursday between the President of the Republic, Sergio Mattarella and the Governor of the Bank of Italy, Ignazio Visco “he has never spoken nor mentioned, during the meeting or on another occasion, in case of resignation and even to resentment or reservations for the decision to entrust the arbitration Anti-Corruption Authority “. And ‘what have announced environments del Quirinale, who called “fanciful” reconstructions, appeared this morning on two newspapers, “according to which the meeting last Thursday between the President of Republic and the Governor of the Bank of Italy, was caused by a phone call in which the Governor would speculated resignation “.

 The meeting between the head of state and the governor, have pointed to the same sources, “was planned for many days,” .