The intent was to draw attention to the difficult working conditions experienced by farmers and breeders. About fifty representatives of the world of the countryside, aboard about thirty tractors, staged a noisy protest today, choosing to march in a long and slow procession between the municipalities of Villamassargia, Musei and Domusnovas .

The rally at 10am at the Villamassargia train station. Then everyone in procession starting from 10.45, for a civil and polite demonstration which however created long queues and slowdowns , especially on the provincial road 86, but also in the entrance roads to the three municipalities of the Iglesiente. The protest involved farmers from Domusnovas, Musei, Iglesias, Siliqua, Vallermosa, Carbonia and Villamassargia.

«Here to make everyone understand», explains Cristiano Pusceddu from Siliqua, one of the organizers, «that even if we have already achieved something, things are still not going well at all . The basic costs for cultivating are now very high and we have no longer been able to meet the costs for some time. I have a company but I also work for others and 60 percent of what I earn goes to taxes. From what remains I also have to pay all the other expenses." The protest ended around 2pm but another has already been planned for Wednesday in Carbonia.

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