Cyclone Harry shakes the regional council, clashing over compensation
The opposition is calling for immediate funding in the budget. But the government wants to assess the damage first, and the Democratic Party is adding: "There's a funding problem; we're still paying for the 2022 flood."Per restare aggiornato entra nel nostro canale Whatsapp
The damage caused by Cyclone Harry was the focus of the first day in the Chamber dedicated to discussing the articles of the €11.6 billion Budget . Indeed, precisely with the aim of discussing the emergency, this morning the opposition collaborated to expedite the Budget Committee's work on examining the seven thousand amendments submitted, and to meet the 3:30 pm meeting. The majority expressed its thanks, but there is still no agreement to obtain rapid approval for the budget .
Conversely, the way to address the emergency is also dividing the Council . The center-right is calling for the establishment of a fund to cover the damage already in this Budget . "It's our duty to do something concrete already in the Budget Law," clarified Paolo Truzzu, leader of the FdI group, in the Chamber. "It's fine to wait for the government to assess the damage, but if we don't start implementing something now, we risk seeing compensation payments next time ." Therefore, "if we want to make a step forward, let's not limit ourselves to a state of emergency. If we exit the budget without allocating resources, we're telling citizens that we've stopped at thanking them."
Antonio Solinas, president of the fifth commission (PD) , spoke for the majority. He bluntly urged the majority to "avoid exploitation. Sardinia doesn't have a resource problem. We want to address the problems, but let's not forget that we're still paying reimbursements for the 2022 flood . I ask the minority not to dig in their heels."
The majority's idea, already reiterated by Budget Councillor Giuseppe Meloni, "is to conclude the budget quickly and allow the Region to unblock spending, freeing the budget items from the burden of the provisional budget: the second month must be absolutely avoided. " "There will be plenty of time to evaluate which and how many resources, along with those allocated by the government, we should finance ourselves, and this can be done either with the amendment or with a specific law, but blindly allocating resources now only risks prolonging the process."