Flavio Maspoli

Flavio Maspoli ( born January 29, 1950 in Sorengo, † 12 June, 2007 Lugano) was a Swiss politician ( LdT ).

Life

The son of the writer Sergio Maspoli and a Jewess studied piano at the Musikhochschule Luzern and German in Hamburg. He then worked as a music teacher, cabaret artist and journalist. He was a correspondent for German Swiss newspapers. He also wrote plays.

Maspoli was a member of the Free Democratic Party. In 1989 he learned in the FDP Giuliano Bignasca, with whom in 1990 he financed from this free newspaper " Il Mattino della Domenica " launched. It moved in 1991 to the founding of the protest party Lega dei Ticinesi, its vice-president Maspoli was your success. From 1991 to 2003 belonged to Maspoli both the Grand Council of the Canton of Ticino, as well as the National Council. At the cantonal level Maspoli was also parliamentary leader. In the National Council, the League joined the Group of the Swiss Democrats. In July 1993 Maspoli was involved in a spree trip on the motorway from Ticino, with the sought to enforce more rights for motorists the jurists. In the 1995-1999 term of office Maspoli was the only National Council of the Lega.

In 1993, he launched the newspaper " L' Altra Notizia ", which went bankrupt in 1995. Maspoli said his newspaper had been read but he had received no advertising. He blamed against him smear campaigns and the financial problems of his newspaper for his non election to the State Council. He worked as a PR consultant for the retailer Denner, but was professionally and personally more and more into trouble. A high debt had piled up. Lega - President Giuliano Bignasca and the SVP - section of the canton of Ticino, which were entered into a combined list, Maspoli not nominated for the National Council elections in 2003.

Maspoli was the editor in chief of operations financed by Thermoselect free newspaper «Ticino Oggi ", which expected the contract to build a waste incinerator in Giubiasco, but had a dispute with the Canton Ticino behind. As a lobbyist for the interests of Thermoselect he forged with peers around 7,000 signatures for a referendum against a loan of 9 million Swiss francs for the preparatory work on this project. When the procedure was uncovered, he apologized to the Ticino population and only wanted to keep his National Council mandate. Of the other offices he resigned.

Maspoli ran in 2003 with its own list called " Risorgimento Ticinese " (" Ticino rebirth "), but did not make the re-election and went to live retired. The overweight chain-smoker suffering from heart and respiratory problems and had to be operated multiple times. In the follow the ongoing criminal proceedings against him could not be pursued. During the night from 11th to 12th June 2007, he succumbed to his health problems in the hospital.