"More troops are needed in Cagliari. From Sardinia, we strongly support the League's national appeal to strengthen the contingent for Operation Safe Streets."
Thus Alessandra Zedda , municipal councillor in Cagliari and provincial commissioner of the League, announcing a motion in Parliament precisely for support the measure, "which we hope will be supported by the entire majority."
"Today," explains a statement from the Cagliari League, "it is increasingly necessary to increase the national contingent to 10,000 soldiers: 61 provincial capitals remain unprotected, including Cagliari . The situation in our province requires strong intervention and a permanent presence, especially in sensitive areas like Cagliari station, where the military presence would also act as a deterrent, especially in light of the recent landings on our coast, which are causing serious concern about overcrowding and social unrest."
Furthermore, Zedda adds, "the tension in the area between Monastir and Sestu has made local headlines due to a series of recent incidents of petty crime, brawls, and escalations in public order. I'm thinking of what happened at the CAS in Monastir, the scene of internal unrest with fights that resulted in stabbings and stone-throwing, with residents of the facility also implicated in crimes in the surrounding areas. In Sestu, the Carabinieri arrested two residents of the Monastir center after an improper robbery and a theft involving an assault on supermarket staff along the former SS 131. And again: the violent brawl resulting in injuries on the sidelines of the San Gemiliano festival in Sestu, and the arrests for drug dealing in residential neighborhoods."
Faced with protests from residents and administrators over the sense of insecurity, law enforcement has intensified patrols and extraordinary checks between Monastir, Sestu, and the SS 131 to contain the high-risk areas. But concrete, structural actions are needed, like those the League is proposing with the reinforcement of police and military forces in Cagliari.
"The League is committed to the issue of security, which remains a priority, and will continue along this line. Now we need to act quickly: more military personnel, more local police, means greater protection for citizens," Zedda concludes.
(Unioneonline)