Sardinia is left defenseless. With the rejection of the law on suitable areas by the Constitutional Court, and the conversion of the energy decree into law, the level of protection against the onslaught of renewable energy speculators is zero. A regional barrier is needed . The committees are calling for it, and the Regional Council is working toward this goal, potentially challenging the decree. Meanwhile, the Regional Council has revived the special commission on energy, envisaged in an agenda unanimously approved months ago but never established. The same agenda had envisaged the establishment of the special commission for the bylaws, which is now fully operational. This demonstrates how sensitive the issue of renewables is.
When it is formed, the special parliament on energy will inevitably address Pratobello 24, the popular initiative (211,000 signatures) that has been sitting in the drawers of the Council's Environment and Agriculture Committees for months . "I will not allow this issue to be buried," declared Alessandro Sorgia, a member of the Mixed Group, yesterday. He sent a certified email to the presidents of the Fourth and Fifth Committees requesting an urgent convocation of the committees. Pratobello relies on Article 3 of the Sardinian Statute, which grants Sardinia legislative power over building and urban planning. This is a shield that should protect the law from potential challenges.
Meanwhile, today, the committees are back in the streets . Starting at 10:30 a.m. on Viale Trento, in front of the regional government building, a permanent Sardinian People's Garrison is scheduled to hold a sit-in. Their demands include challenging the new national law on suitable areas and urgently debating Pratobello 24 in the chamber to provide the island with the missing urban planning shield.