Appointment chaos: fired directors also filed an appeal to the Regional Administrative Court (TAR).

The issue of healthcare appointments is becoming increasingly tangled. The first issue concerns the former director general of the Sassari local health authority, Flavio Sensi, who in theory should immediately return to his post, but the Region could "get rid of him" once and for all—and the incentive would be to expedite the compensation procedures already underway. There's been no contact between the parties at this time, but time is running out.

Meanwhile, the other dismissed former managers—Marcello Tidore, Marcello Acciaro, Giuliana Campus, Giorgio Carboni, Agnese Foddis, and Simonetta Cinzia Bettellini, excluding Paolo Cannas, Angelo Serusi, and Antonio Spano, who were sent to manage another company—will appeal to the Regional Administrative Court next week, after filing an extraordinary appeal to the President of the Republic against "the selection process for the selection of suitable candidates for the appointment" of healthcare company managers announced in September 2025. They will ask the judges to annul the December 31 appointments, and will likely obtain relief, given the ruling against Sensi, which states: "The declaration of unconstitutionality of the regional law that granted the Region the power to dismiss the appellant precludes the Region from exercising the power to appoint another general director..."

In short, another rejection is expected, and Francesco Trotta, Andrea Fabbo, Grazia Cattina, Antonio Spano, Paolo Cannas, Maurizio Marcias, Vincenzo Serra, Serafinangelo Ponti and Angelo Serusi, who replaced the extraordinary commissioners and received the role of director general on New Year's Eve, would "miss out".

As the legal hassles pile up, President Todde, the Five Star Movement (M5S), and the Democratic Party (PD) are continuing discussions regarding the positions still to be filled: the most highly regarded professionals are said to be Joseph Polimeni, Thomas Schael, and Paolo Zappalà. But decisions are on hold, partly because everything could fall apart again.