“We abstained, together with 9 other colleagues, from the debate on the general master plan, in compliance with the regulatory provisions regarding compatibility pursuant to article 78 of the Tuel which, in case of existing or potential interest, require local administrators to abstain from the discussion even before the vote on the urban planning instrument. However, it emerges that presumably this did not apply to everyone and that through strategic lines someone wants to force the current regulations. I hope this is not the case and therefore I hope for a prompt denial from my colleagues.” Ragusa city councilor Federico Bennardo says so.
Who adds: “I will not go into the merits of the instrument for the same reasons stated and I hope once again that the city council, and therefore the citizens, will approve the urban planning instrument. All this forces me to reflect: if the above were true, for us young people it would be a spectacle far from being educational and would denote a lack of transparency. We often hear about the need for younger people to gain experience by undergoing the necessary training. If these are the premises it is probably best to close our eyes sometimes so as not to learn about dynamics that are certainly not innate. How can younger people approach politics under these conditions? I ask those who represent them today in the council to take a position on the matter.” Councilor Bennardo’s request for clarity is joined in unison by colleagues Rossana Caruso and Sebastiano Zagami who add: “What is about to be approved is a fundamental planning tool for the city of the future and it is good to know now if the conditions exist which lend themselves to delegitimizing it subsequently. This was the same reason that had led us to request the offices to provide us with the tables with the surfaces subject to change of use, before the instrument arrived in the Chamber. The transparency obligations, on which we swore an oath at the beginning of our mandate , they forced us not to take part in the debate afterwards.”
