Controversial trip to Argentina, Manca: "It was a demanding task: I worked for the Sardinians."
The Labor Councilor returns to the institutional mission that ended up at the center of a question: "For six days I spent 130.10 euros on food."
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Regarding the decision to travel business class (much more expensive than economy), he has already responded: "Everyone has always done it; it was a long, official trip." But Desirè Manca continues to provide details about his mission to Argentina in November, for a meeting with Sardinian emigrant circles (these relationships fall within the remit of his department).
The accusations came from opposition regional councilor Alessandro Sorgia, who submitted a question regarding the case. He asked "what are the total costs incurred for the official trip to Argentina, including airfare, room and board, entertainment expenses, and other expenses," but he also wanted to know "how many staff members or regional offices participated in the trip, in what roles, and what expenses were incurred for each," and "what concrete results were achieved by the official mission , and how these results justify the expenses incurred."
Manca has already provided some numbers regarding expenses: "No crazy spending with taxpayers' money," defends himself, defending himself as member of the Todde administration, who anticipates some rumors: "For six days I spent 130.10 euros on food, 740 euros on accommodation in Buenos Aires and La Plata."
Today, however, the councillor returns to the issues addressed and the results of the five days of the trip, speaking of "a heavy commitment, among other things undertaken with our fellow countrymen who emigrated from the previous government majority on the island".
Let it be clear, he emphasizes, "that the mission was in an institutional capacity: in addition to meetings with Sardinian emigrants, in addition to the congress over which I preside as president, I met with the Italian Consul General, the municipal cabinet chief, the president of Feditalia, the president of Comites, the president of Failap, and the Italian ambassador to Argentina."
The councilor explains that "these were five days of intense work, working side by side with the Sardinian community in those places, where we began planning training activities, scholarships to enable returnees, youth initiatives, and moments to celebrate the historical memory of emigration."
Perhaps "those who are complaining these days and talking nonsense would have behaved differently. Not me; as always, I've only worked for the Sardinians."
Enrico Fresu
