Some people haven't paid because they couldn't make it to the end of the month. Some have been dragging around old bills, including IMU, TARI, and fines, hoping one day to settle accounts with the past. And there are those who, instead, have chosen not to pay.

For everyone in Cagliari, the door to debt relief was definitively closed last July when the municipality decided not to participate in the amnesty that would have allowed them to recover a portion of the debts accumulated between 2000 and 2023, waiving penalties and interest. At stake are at least five million euros, perhaps ten, according to opposition estimates.

Funds that could have at least partially ended up in the Palazzo Bacaredda coffers, but instead risk remaining on paper. A decision that sparked a political battle, while others, Quartu, for example, have decided to take the opposite path.

For Alessio Mereu, FdI, this is "a missed opportunity for the municipality's coffers but also for families. We had the opportunity to recover old and extremely difficult debts, given that in some cases we're talking about amounts dating back 20 years. And meanwhile, off-balance sheet debts are growing."

Mayor Massimo Zedda, however, isn't backing down. His choice is based on fiscal rather than financial fairness. "What we're doing is advancing a system for recovering the sums due, encouraging installment payments to help people."

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