Is it true that the Regional Council spends €8.7 million annually on 111 consulting positions related to the presidency and the departments, with contracts totaling €630,000 over five years? Some answers are already available in the Transparency section of the Regional Council's website, where the sums are confirmed. But the center-right, which suspects "accounting opaqueness and waste of public resources," is demanding clarity from the president, Alessandra Todde: a question signed by the entire Brothers of Italy group, with Alessandro Sorgia as the first signatory, is addressed to her.
There's a premise: the current government "would have eliminated the spending cap for consulting services, resulting in an exponential increase compared to the past." And "a total of ninety-eight people would be involved and one hundred and eleven positions would have been awarded, for a record estimated annual value of €8.7 million."
Despite election promises to drastically cut costs, FdI accuses that "the management of fiduciary positions is characterized by worrying accounting and administrative opacity, to the detriment of the entire Region."
What's striking is not just the quantity of appointments, but also the quality. Melonians speak of "heavy shadows over recruitment procedures," with "as many as twenty-four consultant appointments to the Regional Council that are allegedly based on 'shaky CVs.'" The recipients of the contracts, according to FdI, are "individuals who supported her during the election campaign," referring to Todde, emphasizing that these are "alarming numbers."
Sorgia and his colleagues asked the president "what objective, educational, and professional criteria were used to award the aforementioned five-year contracts (worth €630,000 over five years), and whether it was true that these roles were assigned to individuals without specific experience." They also asked how "the serious accounting opacity that characterizes these contracts is intended to be overcome, and whether it would be appropriate to immediately make public and accessible all documents, CVs, and the reasons behind apparently disproportionate remunerations."
