Moretti tells Corsera he's ready for jail, will go in 'upright'

Former Italian rail chief Mauro

Moretti told Corriere della Sera Thursday he was ready to serve

five years in jail for the June 29, 2009 Viareggio train

disaster that killed 32 people and would start his term in

Orvieto jail as an "upright" man.

"How am I? I've reached this moment in perfect physical and

mental shape, and now I'm ready," said the former CEO of

Ferrovie dello Stato (FS).

"This sentence sets a very dangerous precedent regarding

managers' responsibility," Moretti said.

Moretti noted that he will be serving time even though he's 72

years old and "without making excuses about health, because," he

said, "I have a straight back and my head held high, as everyone

knows.

"I'm going in , and I hope it won't be for too long."

And regarding his prison experience as a special advisor to the

Italian National Council for Economics and Labour (CNEL), a

voluntary position that led him to develop rehabilitation

projects for inmates, he said: "I'm making myself useful. If I

were to sit around doing nothing, I'd go crazy."

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