We knew it would be a stage race. But time passes and the goal is not approaching: one year after the entry into force of the reform which reinserted the principle of insularity into the Constitution, concrete results are few. Almost nothing, if we exclude the establishment of the bicameral commission, which however is still at the hearing stage. Furthermore, meetings are canceled due to concurrent commitments in the halls of Parliament. And in the Budget there doesn't seem to be any particular interventions dedicated to the islands: last year just 5 million arrived.
«In all this time we have not seen much concrete commitment from politics, beyond the bicameral commission which risks being reduced to self-referentiality», says Maria Antonietta Mongiu, president of the technical-scientific committee for the inclusion of the principle of insularity in Constitution. Who adds: « We have relegated ourselves to talking about insularity as mere territorial continuity and we have lost sight of Article 3 of the Constitution. Do we have equal opportunities for healthcare and education? I don't think so."
«In the last year we have found an almost total absence of sensitivity to the issue», says Michele Cossa, regional councilor of the Reformers and president of the special commission for insularity. «Unfortunately the situation is one in which no one gives you anything : we are ready for a new mobilization, the same one that led to the constitutional reform», warns Cossa.
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