Raffaele De Tata, city coordinator for Dimensione Bandecchi, has called on Benevento's governing majority to give documented answers about the judicial inquiry affecting the Municipality of Benevento, while urging the opposition to continue its oversight work through commissions and council acts.

The statement was reported by NTR24 on 3 October 2026. It frames the issue as both judicial and political: the criminal allegations must be decided by the courts, while elected officials have a separate political responsibility to explain matters publicly to citizens.

What De Tata asked of the majority and the opposition

According to the NTR24 report, Dimensione Bandecchi argues that the majority should respond to citizens with acts, facts and transparency concerning the inquiry involving the Municipality.

De Tata distinguishes between criminal responsibility, which can only be established by a final judgment, and the political responsibility to provide public explanations. The report also notes that the mayor is not listed as under investigation and that no one can be considered guilty before a sentence.

On the opposition, De Tata argues that it should maintain oversight through commissions and council acts. In his view, leaving commissions and the conference of group leaders can prevent a quorum from being reached and reduce the opposition's oversight tools.

No complete and direct reply from opposition groups to this criticism was available in the acquired sources.

The judicial context behind the political dispute

The political discussion follows an ongoing judicial investigation.

According to a statement from the Provincial Command of the Carabinieri, the Public Prosecutor's Office ordered searches concerning 17 people under investigation, including municipal managers and officials, business owners, technical professionals and local administrators. The stated alleged offences include corruption, undue inducement, receiving stolen goods and unlawful party financing.

The Carabinieri statement places the investigation across several areas of public administration: urban planning files, contract awards, public competitions, co-design of personal services, and assignments connected with works against hydrogeological instability.

These are investigative hypotheses in an ongoing inquiry, not final findings of responsibility.

What is verified and what remains to be established

Verified from the acquired sources:

  • Searches were ordered in an investigation involving 17 suspects and several sectors of public administration.
  • Dimensione Bandecchi is asking the majority for transparency and the opposition for continuity in oversight activity.
  • Criminal responsibility remains to be determined; investigative hypotheses and political statements are not equivalent to definitive findings.

Not verified from the acquired sources:

  • Whether council commissions have actually met or failed to reach a quorum.
  • What further procedural developments, if any, will follow the searches.
  • Which investigative hypotheses will be confirmed or dismissed.

The number of 17 suspects and the listed offences come from the Carabinieri statement and describe an investigative phase, not a judgment. The sources do not allow conclusions about the outcome of the proceedings.