The car of the mayor of Bono Michele Solinas was set on fire last night, while it was parked under the house .

It was the mayor himself who noticed the fire, almost certainly of arson. Solinas was awakened around 4 in the morning by a tire blowout, when his Audi A4 was already completely engulfed in flames .

On the spot, alerted by the mayor, the firefighters, who have drawn up a report on what happened.

" I await to know what is written in the document but there is no doubt that the fire was intentional and that it is attributable to my activity as an administrator ", says Solinas, saying he is "very embittered and saddened by what happened".

“I have no enemies and I carry out my duties in the sole interest of the community. I will certainly go ahead in my mandate and I will not let these acts stop me which, in my opinion, belong to individuals », he continues.

The police are investigating the matter.

«Firm condemnation» was expressed by the governor Christian Solinas : «I express the utmost solidarity and closeness, mine and that of the whole council, to the mayor of Bono Michele Solinas for the very serious attack suffered, an even more cowardly gesture because it is committed against those who are committed to working with dedication for the well-being of their community ".

"Against these criminal acts - continues the president of the Region - we need the strongest condemnation from the institutions and all Sardinians, and total support for the police forces who guarantee security in the area, with the hope that those responsible of the gesture are identified as soon as possible ».

The mayor received the solidarity of the president of Anci Sardegna Emiliano Deiana : «There could be no worse awakening. Early this morning I was notified of the assassination attempt on Mayor Bono. During the night, a criminal hand set fire to the mayor's car under his own home. Once again a mayor, a municipal administrator is the object of a cowardly attack . Personally and in the name of Anci Sardegna, I express to Michele - with whom I have already spoken this morning - my total closeness to him, his family, his collaborators and the community which does not deserve such a disgrace».

The deputy Pd Silvio Lai also intervened on the episode: « Sardinia is among the regions most affected by the phenomenon of threats to administrators, it is necessary to invest in prevention and safety . This is just a new episode in a long series. I spoke on the phone with the mayor Solinas to whom I expressed my personal solidarity and that of the Democratic Party, urging him to resist intimidation and continue on his path of good management of his community which must rally united around its administrators ».

"In Sardinia more and more towns every year risk being left without administrators and mayors and being commissioned," comments Paola Secci, president of the Council of Local Autonomies of Sardinia . "It's not a fortuitous case", he points out, adding that the attack on Bono's mayor "is a heavy blow that is dealt to all of us".

(Unioneonline/L)

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