"They say they want to defend our land, but instead the feeling is that they are handing it over to speculators," says the mayor of Orgosolo, Pasquale Mereu.

"Tell me: what should we do?" A female voice rises from the crowded room, with the timing of a sprinter at the "start". "We must wage war, to send this political class home". A man, with an unmistakable Olianese accent, doubles down: "They must resign immediately".

The people of Pratobello 24 do not retreat. Yesterday they met in Oliena, in the auditorium of the middle school on Viale Italia. Identity pride regains strength, at the foot of Mount Corrasi. In the name of almost 211 thousand signatures. Of that enormous "no" to energy speculation. A popular initiative bill. An explosion of Sardinianness that warmed up the island summer and enlivened it, creating a moving chain effect.

Yes, the Sardinians have joined hands, "they have decided to rebel against this state violence", Mereu thunders from the stage. "We cannot allow this heritage, that is, the voice of so many Sardinians, to remain unheard. Therefore, with our law we have decided to follow the "democratic paths" to stop the obvious energy speculation. We will follow this path, that of the "democratic paths", until it is possible ".

Gianfranco Locci