Regional Council, budget amendment debated in Chamber: battle over airports and "seat-planting" law

Today is the day of discussion on the Transportation section of the budget amendment that the Regional Council aims to approve by mid-August. And one of the most heated clashes is expected, resolved immediately, amidst many controversies, over the Healthcare section, which involves about half of the nearly two billion euros in the mini-budget.

The case of the merger and privatization of the three Sardinian airports is now before the courts. A battle is expected over the €30 million allocated by law for the Region's participation, with a stake of around 9% in the future holding company that will manage the airport network, led by F2i, the private investment fund.

The Court of Auditors has long been scrutinizing the operation, recently confirming its concerns about its appropriateness and transparency due to the lack of a public tender.

However, the Todde administration and the majority are moving forward by following that term sheet, the document that sets out the steps of the process, despite veiled resistance within the coalition, perhaps to avoid challenging the Court of Auditors, in addition to the doubts of the Anti-Corruption Authority, ENAC, and the unions.

In short, calls for a slowdown. And the opposition today reiterates the need to redirect the 30 million to real emergencies.

But it's not just the private airports issue. The Regional Council will also be fighting over the article regarding Personnel: the opposition confirms the amendment with which it "provoks" the current majority by urging it to repeal the "Seat-Filling Law ," as it was called by the center-left and the Five Star Movement in the previous legislature when it was approved by the center-right coalition governing the region at the time.

"Ours is a truth-telling operation," said Fausto Piga , deputy group leader of the Brothers of Italy party and the first signatory of the amendment. "We want to unmask those who boast of morality, and today Campo Largo should apologize to the Sardinians for having deceived them with their populist propaganda."