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Palermo, come to pieces. Orlando: “Councilors Iv leave or remove them”

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PALERMO – “The proposal that comes from Italia Viva to clear the municipal council and follow the model of the Draghi national government with the opening to the League is inadmissible for the history of this city that has an alternative path to Salvini’s choices.” This was stated by the mayor of Palermo, Leoluca Orlando, during a press videoconference called following the crisis that opened at Palazzo delle Aquile, after the rejection of the first consolidated financial statements and the three-year plan of public works a few days ago, in this case with the decisive abstention of Italia Viva, represented by two councilors Leopoldo Piampiano and Toni Costumati.

“I am going ahead in the interest of the city with the program approved by the voters in 2017 – he added -: better a minority government rather than this continuous wear and tear”.

«I appeal to the councilors of Italia viva Piampiano and Costumati to be consistent – said Orlando – who both refer to a political group that contributed to the latest rejection of some documents in the Council. If they catch the political sensibility they will resign, but if they believe they remain in the presence of a contradiction that leads the city council to be a ‘Vietnam’ I will be forced to remove them, I will withdraw the proxies “.

The mayor gave a real ‘either / or’ to the exponents of Italia viva present in his council, explaining that “finally there is clarity”. “I asked these two councilors if they did not feel they should resign but I have not received any resignation letter”, underlined Orlando.

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“For some months a situation of confusion has been recorded in the city council – explained Orlando in the press videoconference – with the rejection of resolutions such as the consolidated financial statements, which block all operations relating to the strengthening of the municipal machine, that of the three-year plan of the works which essentially makes us lose millions and millions of euros and the possibility of unlocking a series of fundamental jobs for the city. Obviously the consequence of all this is also the loss of jobs and the damage to the tax authorities ».

“I want to clarify that mine is not an attack on the city council – added Orlando – but that there has been a nervous management by those who lead the city council (the president Totò Orlando has joined Italia Viva) in recent times, become a place to try administration executives, it is a fact. I believe that in the dynamics of the board’s work there is a role of the majority and a role of the minority, so it is normal that the latter can amend a resolution, but rejecting the measures entirely is another thing. It is a mortification for the whole city council to continue – he continued – to keep up a fake majority, it is an operation that the city does not deserve. Everyone look in the mirror ». The mayor’s criticism of the Renzians is inevitable.

“Italia Viva’s behavior is ambiguous, a confused climate that serves neither the majority nor the opposition. Better a minority government then, whoever leaves the majority takes responsibility for having betrayed the coalition. This is not going on, it takes a turning point. I ask everyone to clarify ».

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Orlando recalled that the failure to approve the three-year program of public works causes a loss of 45 million for the tram, 11 million for lighting and 58 for Gescal funds, 90 for CIS funds and other operations. «They are blocks – he said – that refer to municipal budget sums of European derivation. The two resolutions will be re-proposed ”

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“Orlando does not seem to understand the gravity of the economic and social situation in which the city of Palermo finds itself. Shaking Salvini’s bugbear when instead we asked for a new scheme that involves all the players in the field, political forces, business categories and trade unions, in short, the whole society and above all a timeline of actions to be undertaken immediately, is just a playing in a throw-in which is not good for the people of Palermo ». This was told to ANSA by sources inside Italia Viva in commenting on the press conference of Mayor Leoluca Orlando this morning. “The damage for Palermo is not Italia Viva asking to get out of immobility – they add – but a mayor who is no longer able to look around”.

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