The start of a Campania Regional Council session was delayed after councillor Gennaro Oliviero chained himself inside the council chamber in protest.
According to Il Mattino, Oliviero staged the protest against the closure of maternity units in Piedimonte Matese, Sapri and Sessa Aurunca. The demonstration held up the opening of council business.
The report said the protest had already lasted more than an hour and a half at the time of publication. The precise total delay to the session was not specified in the available account.
Oliviero later suspended the protest after speaking with Campania President Roberto Fico, allowing council proceedings to begin.
No fuller independent account of the sequence of events was available: the original Il Mattino report is marked as reserved for subscribers, limiting further verification of details beyond the protest, its stated cause, the delay and its resolution after the conversation with Fico.
