«It is illogical for the president of the broad camp to support a representative of the centre-right with the centre-right» .
Roberto Deriu, Democratic Party group leader in the Regional Council , doesn't mince his words when commenting on the rift between the Democrats and Alessandra Todde over the EGAS presidency . "Our party has not appreciated, nor can it appreciate," Deriu insists, following a fitful session in which the Regional Council's work was interrupted four times before finally adjourning due to a lack of a quorum caused by numerous absences from the majority. A day the opposition quickly dubbed the "Black Wednesday" of the legislature .
Fabio Albieri, elected under the Solinas administration, was reconfirmed yesterday as president of Egas with the vote of Todde and the centre-right mayors .
The elections are "illegitimate from a procedural standpoint and politically inappropriate," Deriu, whose position leaves no room for doubt, curtly stated. He continued: "It's very difficult to explain to voters why a progressive coalition places center-right representatives in positions of responsibility. It's a logic we don't understand, and indeed, we reject."
However, the Democratic Party group leader clarified, yesterday's absences from the Regional Council and the Health Committee were a coincidence. "There was no attempt to boycott the Council's work. Unfortunately, sometimes there's a coincidence of absences that makes things go badly."
And while tensions in the broader arena are rising, on the horizon there is a budget bill to approve and two crossroads of fundamental importance for the future of the coalition: .
