The resolution that provided for the disbursement of public money to pay for the funerals of governors and former governors, incumbent councilors, but also general managers and eminent personalities has been cancelled. The Todde Board decided this in this morning's Council session. "Reasons of opportunity and cost savings", the motivation .
The law was approved in February 2021, in the last legislature under the center-right with Christian Solinas, and was proposed by the then vice president of the Region Alessandra Zedda. The text provided that the expenses would be borne by the Region, with the exception of those for the tomb .
Not only that: depending on the role of the deceased, it also included obituaries in the newspapers, a two-day funeral chapel, a guard of honor at the funeral, days of regional mourning, and a funeral mass celebrated by the bishop, if the deceased was Catholic.
"We wanted to send a strong signal," explains the president of the Region Alessandra Todde . "This council decided to repeal that resolution to send a signal: these privileges are not considered admissible at a time when we are facing a situation of overall suffering. For this reason, I repeat, we wanted to send a strong signal."
(Unioneonline/r.sp.)
