Three hundred signatures to ask for more security in Piazza del Carmine .
Numerous citizens have signed up to the appeal of Siulp Sardegna, the union of police workers , and of the regional Cisl , who yesterday morning set up a banquet right in the place by now sadly known for drug dealing and episodes of aggression, like the one that took place recently more than two weeks ago to the detriment of three agents of the Flying Squad engaged in a check. " Current laws do not protect the most exposed categories : police officers, doctors, nurses, teachers and drivers," says Massimo Vargiu, secretary of the provincial Siulp of Cagliari .
“We ask for certainty of punishment and more severe penalties . There are 8 attacks on these categories in Italy a day and 65% are not punished". Overseeing it is not always easy, there is a lack of personnel, underlines Vargiu: « There is 30% less personnel in the Cagliari Police Headquarters . The cases of aggression are not on the increase, the one over two weeks ago was a case, but we must prevent it. We will do other initiatives of the kind ». Beppe Deplano is the owner of the nearby Hotel Flora . He is 80 years old, and has known a different square than today. «I signed because we all have the right to walk here in peace . Several times they tried to sell me drugs and I was insulted when I said "no".'
Antonello Sabiu is 70 years old and an engineer who often passes through this area. «The square must go back to being the flagship of Cagliari. But we must not generalize: most of the foreigners who live in the city behave well. Only a few, desperate and without prospects, are recruited by local drug dealers and led astray. Yes to greater supervision but also to a real policy of integration and reception».