Overview
- A July 14 decree signed by Health Minister Orazio Schillaci listed Giorgio Parisi as president of the anti-doping section of the ministry’s technical committee.
- Parisi said he noticed the ministry’s invitation late and formally declined, noting that the assignment is not his field.
- Multiple outlets report the name was confused with Attilio Parisi, a sports medicine expert and rector of the University of Rome Foro Italico.
- The ministry has reportedly phoned Attilio Parisi to apologize as the technical committee convened with several absences, including the named president.
- The episode renews criticism of the ministry’s appointment procedures following earlier controversy over selections to a vaccines committee.