A photo to try to deny the tensions that animated the majority debate on the regional elections in recent days. Matteo Salvini in Sardinia «as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Infrastructure and not as leader of the League» was immortalized in the center between the outgoing governor of Carroccio and the mayor of Cagliari Paolo Truzzu of Fratelli d’Italia. “I think you can guess my preference,” said Salvini, then explaining how the general interest was stronger than the partisan interest. “The center-right chose something else, but I’m a team player,” he added. It must be said that Solinas’ reappointment also failed due to the seizure of assets that the governor suffered on January 17th as part of a corruption investigation against him.
«My goal is “5+5″. Therefore, complete the legislature in the first round and re-propose with the same team in the second. I say this because I have read surreal journalistic reconstructions that invent arguments where there are none”, said the deputy prime minister, dismissing rumors of a complicated relationship with government allies. In reality, having lost Solinas, the League points to Basilicata, where the Forza Italia would instead like the reappointment of former Guardia di Finanza general Vito Bardi. In his place, Salvini would like to nominate Pasquale Pepe, former League senator, current mayor of Tolve and regional coordinator of the Northern League. But Meanwhile, Salvini was in Cagliari to inaugurate the “Italy of yes” conference, organized by the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure to present, on various stages throughout Italy, the works and projects under construction. And precisely with regard to the works, Salvini recalled that « if we add up all the interventions (planned on the island, ed.) we are close to 10 billion euros. We are investing in dams, like Cumbidanovu where we invested 100 million euros but also in ports and airports where in some cases we are just waiting for the tests.”
Not only ports and airports, but also railways, as in the case of Nuoro. «Nuoro is the only capital that is not connected by rail. A first trace arrived on Wednesday from the Italian railway network. The solution to turn it on will arrive by September”, explained the minister. A passage also about the nuclear power plants against which Sardinian politics has always fought. «Italy is surrounded by nuclear reactors. We cannot say no ideologically. In the future it will be possible to produce nuclear energy from small plants without producing waste”, explained Salvini. He then attacked speed limits of 30 kilometers per hour and the indiscriminate use of speed cameras. «Speed cameras were created for safety, but anarchy with unapproved radars installed just to deceive drivers is not correct. There will therefore be national approval and the mayors will have to say why they install it at that point.”
Source: IL Tempo
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