The Court rejects the appointments of the general directors of the Region: «Anti-union behavior»

The Labor judge of the Court of Cagliari rejects the appointments of the general directors of the Region. Not all, but those - and they are not few or of little weight - adopted on the basis of the July 2021 council resolution which had changed the rules of engagement of the administrative top management of the departments. "Anti-union behavior": this is the verdict of judge Daniela Coinu, who on 5 December issued the decree on the appeal presented by two unions of regional managers, the Sdirs (Sardinia Region executives and management union) and the Direr (National Federation of executive cadres of the Regions adhering to Confedir).

It all starts with a resolution (27/14 of 9 July last year) which at Villa Devoto had found the support of the entire junta: brought by the councilor for General Affairs (then Valeria Satta) it had been approved in concert with all colleagues and with the president Christian Solinas.

What did it establish? Previously, the general managers of each department were recruited following an expression of interest for each individual sector. The key step was the prior information of the unions, who had to be aware of the procedure. With the resolution, the junta decided to create a single list of aspiring general managers, who had to present a self-candidacy. And from there the names should have been fished, even outside the mother Region's car, to be put at the helm of the offices. This is what happened for the Environment, Health, Social Policies, Local Authorities and Tourism.

It is precisely the latter who have been declared forfeited due to the sentence. The unions challenged the junta's provision because no one had informed them, in advance, of the pending change. The Court agreed with them: the obligation to notify is not a mere formality, but an insurmountable bond – established the judge – so the resolution is suspended and the consequent acts lapse. Like the appointments of general managers.

Now the doubts, in the Region, are various: what value do the measures adopted by those who have lapsed have? How should those who take their place behave? And, also: who will replace them, given that in the meantime law 107 has entered into force which delegates the new appointments to the secretary general, who is not currently there? How to remedy the situation?