With the new legislature, the path of the reform of Local Authorities restarts, the one that establishes 6 Provinces and 2 Metropolitan Cities: Sassari as well as Cagliari.
The process actually came to a halt in the face of the Government's decision to challenge part of the regional law. The ruling from the Constitutional Court is expected shortly, called to rule on the need for municipal referendums, for the territorial choice of neighboring centers but also to endorse the very birth of new intermediate bodies.
In the meantime , the Autonomy commission of the Regional Council has started examining a rule that guarantees transitional provisions on the old and new provinces: «With new extraordinary administrators», explained Salvatore Corrias, president of the commission, «they will be able to have new vigor».