Discussion of the €11.6 billion budget law has resumed. Three days remain to avoid a second month of provisional budgeting, and so far, three of the seventeen articles have been approved.
Center-right councilors are highly critical, and before the floor session, during a press conference, they spoke of a "majority without direction in these first two years of the legislature." In particular, explained FdI group leader Paolo Truzzu, "Campo Largo has no idea what to do for Sardinia. After the promises made during the election campaign, they have achieved nothing, no reform has been implemented. The most important laws have been struck down by the Constitutional Court, some of the most important local health authorities are without leadership; a situation like this has never been seen before."
Angelo Cocciu (Forza Italia) noted that this legislature is characterized by 40 percent fewer hours spent in the Regional Council. Antonello Peru (Sardegna al Centro 20Venti) emphasized that "the measures implemented are hopeless: they're talking about depopulation without planning a solution."
For the Reformists group leader, Umberto Ticca, "we live in two parallel worlds: there's the majority narrative and there's reality." The reality is that "two ambitious laws were passed, struck down by two Constitutional Court rulings; two years with Bartolazzi were wasted." As for the Budget, "they say they're in a hurry, and yesterday they blocked the budget by thirty thousand euros."
Following the opposition's conference, the Chamber resumed consideration of Article Two (Health and Social Policies), which had been frozen since yesterday to allow the majority to reach a common line on funding for diocesan Caritas organizations.