The mayors of Pozzuoli, Bacoli, Quarto and Monte di Procida say their participation in the Rome mobilization for Campi Flegrei was announced in advance to the national government.

According to the mayors, a letter was sent the previous week to the ministry led by Nello Musumeci, to Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and to other ministers. They presented the trip to Rome as an announced institutional initiative, not a surprise action.

Why the mayors went to Rome

The mayors said the mobilization reflected frustration and disappointment among residents over amendments that had not been approved.

They said they went to Rome to seek concrete answers on three issues: support for displaced residents, building safety, and affected economic activities. They also said they wanted to help repair a deteriorating relationship between residents and the government.

A conflicting account from Musumeci

Musumeci publicly gave a different version. He said the mayors had neither notified him about the demonstration nor requested an appointment.

The available sources do not establish whether Musumeci's office received or formally logged the mayors' letter before the demonstration. The full text of that letter was also not available in the acquired documents.

What happened in Rome

The mobilization involved displaced people and other residents. Reporting on the demonstration described participation by more than 700 displaced people and citizens.

A document setting out the community's requests was delivered to the government. It was delivered by a man who lost his home after an earthquake, accompanied by Pozzuoli mayor Luigi Manzoni.

The specific amendments described by the mayors as unapproved were not identified in the acquired documents. The final text, funding and implementation timetable of the "new decree" referenced in the dispute were also not provided.

Context: an assistance and building-safety crisis

The dispute comes against a longer emergency-management background. After the 20 May 2024 magnitude-4.4 earthquake in Campi Flegrei, the Civil Protection Department reported coordinated assistance and building-damage checks, including mobilization of the national civil-protection system.

That record is background context: it shows why assistance, damage assessments and building safety have remained central concerns for the area, but it does not resolve the current disagreement over prior notification, unapproved amendments or the next government measure.

What remains unclear

Several central points remain unresolved on the public record:

  • Whether the mayors' letter was received or formally recorded before the demonstration.
  • Which amendments the mayors meant when they spoke of proposals that had not been approved.
  • What the next decree will finally contain, fund and schedule.

What is documented is narrower: the mayors say they wrote in advance to Musumeci, Meloni and other ministers; Musumeci says he received no notification or appointment request; and residents used the Rome mobilization to deliver their written requests directly to the government.