The port of Alghero is not a private affair: it is the city's heritage. Even more so because the Municipality is a shareholder of the Consortium, representing the entire community and making the Consortium's life a public matter. "Yet," the Reformers complain, "it remains unclear whether the Municipality truly plays a leading role."
According to the Reformers, one fact sums up the problem: over the past twenty years, Alghero has seen five mayors, each with different administrations and visions, while the Port Consortium has been led by the same president for two decades. "It is essential to understand," the Reformers emphasize, "whether this continuity was an expression of the various municipal administrations. It is crucial to know whether the choice of those managing a budget of nearly a million euros, public funding, institutional relations, and state-owned land concessions was actually determined and supported by the Municipality. Given the strategic importance of the port for Alghero, it would be extremely serious if this were not the case."
In the coming days, the Port Consortium's board of directors is due to be renewed, as is the case every four years. "We believe," the Reformers state, "that the municipal administration should do everything in its power to appoint a president. That role must be political and in the hands of the public."
