If the popular initiative law Pratobello 24 is not discussed in the Chamber by will of the majority, the opposition will bring it anyway in the form of amendments to the decree law 45 on suitable areas which will resume discussion at 5 pm today. The opposition group leaders announced this this morning during a press conference to illustrate the new strategy.
"We have tried in every way to ask the majority to pay attention to this great popular will, this bill signed by over 200 thousand Sardinians and we have always received a negative response - explained the president of Fdi Paolo Truzzu -. We tried with the emergency procedure, we also tried during various conferences of group leaders, we tried yesterday in the chamber making numerous appeals. But the hostile attitude of president Todde is the only reason that prevented the examination of Pratobello in the Regional Council ".
"We are raising a question of method," clarified Umberto Ticca for the Reformers, "that is, two laws that deal with the same matter must necessarily be discussed in a single session, because otherwise it would be a question of multiplication. " For the center-right councilors, the popular law cannot "be parked and ignored and then say that it is useless because another law has been approved."
The amendments presented to the text are in total about 1,700 , of which the majority from the minority, obstructionist, because each party has presented the approximately seven replacement amendments that divide Pratobello 24 and aim to replace it with the suitable areas bill: «Our intent is to bring the majority and the president to reason, we must discuss every aspect», insists Truzzu. The Forza Italia group, which had left the Chamber at the beginning of the general discussion, has not presented any amendments, but they will return for the debate : «We return to the Chamber and announce that we will ask for an open vote for each amendment - says Angelo Cocciu -, but we do not want to be connected and remembered close to this rule».
The activists' protest
After spending the night in the Regional Council Chamber, the protest of women who support the popular initiative law Pratobello 24 continues. The group has not moved from the public gallery waiting for the session that will begin at 5:00 p.m. During the night the oldest, 80 years old, decided to leave. After the pizzas brought yesterday evening by the assistants, this morning they were offered breakfast.
"With courage and determination, we gathered in the Regional Council building, a gesture of protest against the total indifference of the president and her council - they wrote in a note released this morning -. Pratobello 24 represents not only the hope of preserving our environment, but a bulwark against the voracious exploitation of resources that threatens to offend the beauty of our land . What we saw in this Council was an unjustifiable farce - they added -. We can no longer tolerate a ruling class that ignores the will of the people and the sacrifice of women and men who fight peacefully to be able to live in a free land ".
Then the clarification: «From the majority, only President Comandini and Councilor Di Nolfo, during the night, brought us a greeting, a sign of respect and a glimmer of hope in this climate of unjustifiable disinterest. But - they clarify - we cannot be satisfied with isolated gestures, we need a collective and cohesive response from all political forces ».
" A deafening silence from the regional council - they insist -. During the session, not a single member had the courage to recognize our presence and our sacrifice. Their silence is not only an absence of words, but a clear sign of disinterest in the communities fighting for their rights and for the future of Sardinia . We are disappointed, but not intimidated. This indifference only fuels our determination to continue".
(Unioneonline/D)