Special EXA 2011: In the annual assembly of Assoarmieri the new President was elected at EXA 2011. The assignment goes to the criminal lawyer Antonio Bana. For the Association, the path of renewal has long been hoped for to revive its fortunes.
Brescia 11 April 2011 - The new President of ASSOARMIERI, the association headed by Confcommercio and representing arms dealers throughout the country, was elected today. The new position was assigned, with a landslide victory, 76 in favor out of 87 voters, to Criminal Lawyer Antonio Bana.
The new President succeeds the historian in office since 1969 Edgardo Fegro, who has wisely governed the Association in all these years, obtaining important results of the regulatory procedure for the benefit of the commercial activity of individual members.
In favor of the new President there is the support of Confcommercio which could represent a concrete help in the realization of the common interests of the members, who in recent years have participated and concretely fought for the survival of the body that represents them, the economic situation and the the decrease in members of the hunting activity seriously jeopardized its continuity.
In fact, last year, the outgoing Board of Directors decided to settle the imbalance through self-taxation, paying the additional fee and thus demonstrating a strong sensitivity and attachment to the association.
With the new assignment, Assoarmieri opens up the possibility of regaining possession of the original national role of reference for traders in the sector.
The lawyer Bana, besides being a strong and passionate hunting enthusiast, has the merit of knowing in depth the problems related to hunting and the arms sector, belongs to a family of ancient hunting traditions while his father, former national president of ANUU migratory, authoritatively holds the position of vice president within FACE, the body that represents hunters in the European Commission in Brussels.
"I am convinced that Exa is the event par excellence capable of spreading knowledge and passion towards the world of sporting weapons and hunting activities, every year the collateral events and in-depth topics in the various conventions help the sector to spread consensus and reach an increasingly vast audience of users - declares the newly elected, lawyer. Bana - I thank all the people who wanted to entrust me with the task as a testimony of their trust.
Among my first objectives - continues the President of Assoarmieri - is to increase the training of members, share their problems and listen to the voice of each individual member in order to strengthen the role of the Association ”concludes Bana.