Political storm in the Assembly of Sardinia after the appointment of the president of the regional council Michele Pais as regional coordinator of the League , made official yesterday by Matteo Salvini.

The Democratic Party and the Cinquestelle Movement have started the attack, according to which the two positions are incompatible with each other.

For the council group of the Democratic Party, the fact "highlights, once again, the scarce respect of this party for particularly delicate institutional roles, such as precisely that of Prime Minister, certainly incompatible in the role of super partes guarantor of all the components and functions of the Council, with that of coordinator of a political party ». «It is the first time – add the dem – that something like this has happened since the birth of autonomy. We believe that it would be correct and appropriate for President Pais to choose which of the two roles he intends to exercise in compliance with democratic rules and the correct functioning of the Council as well as full recognition of the role ", concludes the Democratic Party.

The M5s is more direct, demanding the resignation of Pais from the presidency of the Sardinian regional council. «How can one be the impartial voice of the entire Sardinian regional council and at the same time the regional coordinator of a party? With the appointment of Michele Pais as the new coordinator of the League in Sardinia, the sense of democratic institutions has been totally lost, and the autonomous juridical figure of president of the regional council has been debased , a super partes body that protects the prerogatives and ensures the full and free exercise of the mandate of all the regional councilors», observes the regional councilor of the 5-star Movement Desirè Manca.

«It will be difficult, almost impossible to distinguish the roles. There is a big difference between being a minister or councilor, or being an expression of a political majority, and being a representative of the highest regional institution, representing all Sardinians. President Pais - concludes the councilor - should not have accepted this position, it is the Sardinians who ask him, he resigns".

THE REPLY – The reply from Michele Pais arrived shortly after, explaining in a note: «My appointment as regional coordinator of the League is not incompatible with that of President of the Regional Council. Anyone who claims the opposite is in bad faith and forgets that it is necessary to be able to distinguish the institutional role from the political one. Roles that, since this legislature began, I have always wanted to clearly separate being well aware of my non-partisan role".
«I want to reassure the opposition – adds Pais – my role as guarantor of democratic institutions will not even be scratched. These last few months of the legislature will prove me right and anyone who criticizes my dual role today will realize that my attitude will be, as it has always been, equidistant from the majority and from the opposition. I would like to be judged in deeds, and have a serene judgment on my work. Enough with the sterile attacks based on prejudice. I would like the opposition to use the same attitude of applause towards me as they had for the appointment of the regional secretary of the Democratic Party, who despite holding the position of vice-president of the regional council manages in an excellent way to distinguish roles and to work for the good of our land".

(Unioneonline/lf)

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