Grasso's candidacy: "Either the candidacy or the presidency of the Order"

Arezzo, September 12, 2025 – Grasso's candidacy: either a candidacy or the presidency of the Brothers of Italy Order: "Giani and the center-left are in a full-blown conflict of interest."

The President of the Arezzo Order of Nursing Professions will run for the regional elections alongside Giani. He will do so without having yet resigned from this position. We are faced with a clear conflict of interest: the institutional role risks being bent to electoral interests, undermining the credibility of the entire profession. The Order of Nurses—which is not a private association but a non-profit public body that represents and protects nursing professionals and pediatric nurses—cannot become a springboard for personal careers, nor can it support a political party.” Fratelli d'Italia (Fratelli d'Italia) contests Giovanni Grasso's candidacy for the regional elections: “And the conflict of interest is not limited to his role as president of the OPI (Nurses' Association) but also to his professional ties to a large private healthcare group that has obvious and very significant contractual ties with the Tuscany Region.

His possible election to the Regional Council would pose a serious problem of opportunity, bordering on a potential conflict of interest, with the risk of directly influencing decisions that impact his employer's budget. Not to mention that administrators from the same group are being discussed as possible candidates in the upcoming Arezzo municipal elections.

Brothers of Italy emphasizes that "the right to run for office is obviously inalienable and everyone has it, but some actions are unavoidable. In Grasso's case, this involves his resignation as president of the Order of Nursing Professions." A careful assessment of the relationship between public and private healthcare is also crucial: "The center-left, in Tuscany and Arezzo, seems immune to a reflection on this relationship, which must be clear, transparent, and free from any possible suspicion. Those in leadership roles, whether as employees or administrators, must absolutely avoid wearing two hats: that of the controlled and that of the controller." Arezzo Provincial Coordination - Brothers of Italy.