After the go-ahead from the Senate, the Bill on the recognition of the principle of insularity in the Constitution travels to the Chamber for the second reading. Another step to establish the importance of the battle of the Sardinians and the islands within the fundamental Charter.

COSSA - According to a study carried out by the Bruno Leoni Institute, underlines Michele Cossa (Riformatori), exponent of the Committee, "the per capita cost of insularity is approximately 5,700 euros: approximately 9 billion euros a year compared to a Regional GDP of about 20 billion euros ".

“Getting such strong attention from Parliament was a result in some ways unexpected - continues Cossa -. What we collect today is the fruit of the commitment and the will to have a concrete and positive impact on the future of the Sardinians. Today we can mark another historical date on the calendar that projects us into the future ”. "Fully understanding the effects that the bill will produce is the first step to guarantee equal opportunities between Sardinians and the rest of the citizens - he adds - and we can finally say that even the most skeptical have understood the importance for the Islands, Sardinia in first and foremost, to restore balance, equity and justice to the Constitution. The deadline we had set ourselves, reaching the approval of the Bill by the end of the Legislature is getting closer and closer ”.

SOLINAS - "The Parliament today gave further testimony that it understood the need for Sardinia to see the permanent disadvantages deriving from its island condition recognized", comments Governor Christian Solinas. Who adds: "A result that takes on an even deeper meaning to eve of the day of the pride of the Sardinian people, Sa Die. Today we can feel ever closer the recognition of those rights denied for too long, which are reflected in an evident and dramatic way on transport, on the isolation and depopulation of the territories, on the lack of infrastructures, on socio-economic development and on the lack of the network system in general ".

"We are confidently awaiting - continues Solinas - the next parliamentary passage, that of the Chamber, which we hope will mark a new course for Sardinia and the Sardinians", continued the President, highlighting the action carried out to date on the front of the claim before the Government and Parliament on the specificities of our Island ".

FENU - "How many of our Sardinian or Sicilian boys and girls, who study or work outside their region, are forced to jump through hoops simply to be able to go home to see their families?", Underlines the Sardinian senator of the Five Stars Emiliano Fenu in his explanation of vote on the bill. “This new constitutional provision realizes on the one hand an extra step towards substantial equality, on the other a commitment on the part of the Republic so that certain shortcomings are filled. Communities are the heart of our markets, it is from there that the energies and intelligence that feed our companies and our institutions are born. An uneven distribution of opportunities is not only wrong from an ethical point of view, but also from an economic one ”.

FLORIS - "Finally all the islanders will have the same potential, rights and conditions as the rest of Italian citizens when governments will have to intervene with fiscal regulations, for the construction of infrastructures, to improve services and to reduce the burdens of territorial discontinuity - is the comment by Emilio Floris, senator of Forza Italia -. If we are achieving this result we owe it mainly to the 200,000 citizens who participated in the collection of signatures for this popular initiative law, the first and only one examined by Parliament to date. And we also owe it to all the mayors and local administrators who have worked hard to get to this point "

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