Large demonstration in Cala Finanza against the highly controversial Brazilian real estate project in the highly environmentally valuable area on the Loiri Porto San Paolo coast.
Hundreds of people gathered: they arrived one by one since the early hours of the morning and the number of people increased as the hours passed.
Several environmental and independence associations and groups have joined the effort: Liberu, Surra, Sardigna Natzione, and SOS Cala Finanza, whose petition against the project has reached 103,000 signatures . The initiative is supported by Grig, WWF, Legambiente, and Italia Nostra.
The protesters were very determined in their demands, but the sit-in was orderly and peaceful and took place without any public order problems .
«Everything always revolves around the same problem, on Cala Finanza as on energy speculation and military servitude: the right of Sardinians to decide on their own land», underlines Pier Franco Devias, secretary of Liberu .
"Sardinia," the independence activist continues, "can decide autonomously on urban planning matters, but with the Zes stratagem, the Italian state is trying to pass off a tourism-real estate operation that bypasses the Sardinians as economic development . We are here to defend the right to freely decide at home how our land should be used."
"The land was already defaced before the permits were granted," emphasizes Durdica Bacciu of Sos Cala Finanza , an association that has collected 103,000 signatures against the project. "They've excavated, damaged the vegetation, and cut down centuries-old junipers."
The demonstration then moved to Porto San Paolo's municipal headquarters . Hundreds of people gathered in front of the building to demand a halt to all projects by the Brazilian real estate giant that controls Tavolara Bay Srl.
In addition to environmental and independence movements such as Liberu, Surra, Sardigna Natzione, influencers and political figures at national and regional level also joined in gradually throughout the day.
In the late afternoon, the protest moved to the beach near Villa Joy, the property purchased by Tavolara Bay Srl and at the center of the controversy. The protest was particularly fierce, and the many tourists who had gathered in the cove attended.
News also arrived of a question to the government presented by Five Star Movement parliamentarian Mario Perantoni . Davide Fadda, a member of the Permanent Presidium of the Sardinian People, and Bustianu Compostu also spoke on the issue.