As expected, the Meloni government has decided to challenge before the Constitutional Court the law which blocks for 18 months the construction of new electricity production and storage plants from renewable sources ("Urgent measures for the protection of the landscape and landscape and environmental assets ").
For the executive, the rule exceeds the Region's own competences according to the Statute and is in conflict with state and European legislation, with the violation of articles 3, 41 and 117 of the Constitution. The Council of Ministers also asks the Council to apply immediately and as a precaution the suspension of Article 3, the heart of the law.
The challenge to the moratorium, which technically is not - as President Todde often reminds us - because it would go against the Mase decree, had been taken into account by the council : the objective has always been to block the plants while waiting to define the map of suitable areas which, in the intentions of the broad-based majority, will be ready shortly, certainly before the appeal process before the Council is concluded, and would therefore cause the contested law to lapse.
«In recent weeks some have judged our law to be weak, which did not block anything, useless, a gift to speculators, which the government did not even take into consideration. We were right. On the contrary, in fact, the law has proven to be effective and impactful, forcing the Government to challenge it and request its immediate suspension given the many complaints received", commented Todde.
According to the president, the government should have, in the meantime, summoned the governor «as required by the Sardinian Statute when issues relevant to the Region are discussed» and she is surprised that those who requested the appeal «were political forces - one above all - which in Sardinia are they take sides in words against energy speculation, while in Rome they work headlong against regional interests", he adds, referring to Fratelli d'Italia: "While waiting for the Constitutional Court to express its opinion - adds Todde -, the council's work does not stop . The map of suitable areas must be delivered within 180 days starting from 3 July and we are already working on its drafting. We are creating an internal committee and a Plan office that will be responsible for drafting the law with specific indications for suitable areas. And we will do it by involving the territories, the communities, the mayors." So a message to the government: "Sardinia - like it or not - will not accept passively submitting to decisions made from above."
