The opposition councilor speaks of inconsistency and manipulation of reality Massimiliano Manuelin relation to the choices of mayor Serena Arrighi who participated in the march against Alberto Franchi which took place in front of his company, for the irreverent phrases said about the accidents to the quarrymen in an off-air broadcast of the Report programme, but who, in recent days, has publicly thanked Franchi himself in a press release for the contribution given to the cultural event White Carrara 2024 and the Marble Foundation, whose leaders, Bernarda Franchi, Alberto’s sister, has just been confirmed for the funding granted to the event. “At this point – said Manuel – we can only take our hats off to the members of Qulture Association, chaired by Michela Rossi, who, shocked and outraged by Franchi’s words, publicly renounced the contribution of 2,500 euros granted to them by the Marmo Foundation, thus showing that they defend culture and respect for those killed at work”. Manuel recalled that mayor Arrighi was in the front row of the demonstration against Franchi, with the CGIL flags supporting Nicola Del Vecchio who said ‘Franchi’s words are an insult towards those who have died, been injured or become ill in the quarries in recent years. It is an insult to their families and their colleagues who witnessed what is a real massacre’. “The focal point of the whole issue – added Manuel – is precisely this: the deaths in the quarries and the sudden resurgence of the city, of the families, of the widowed wives and of the orphaned children marked by the pain experienced, has always been kept quiet over time. The strong testimony of Mayor Arrighi and his majority, all aligned with the local, provincial and regional PD nomenclature of current and even former politicians, cannot therefore be canceled with a wipe of the sponge, after little more than a month, with the public thanks from Arrighi to the Marble Foundation and to the Franchi Umberto company for having benefited from a contribution for an event on marble, because it is inconceivable, highly contradictory and illogical if not execrable. The next appointment to evaluate whether Mayor Arrighi will be consistent with the political line adopted during the demonstration against deaths at work will be the inauguration of the renovation of the Puccinelli Park in Marina di Carrara, financed by the Marmo Foundation which has given over 500 thousand euro to contribute to the rebirth of Puccinelli Park and to incentivize a strategic point for tourism and the economic regeneration of the city, after the environmental disaster of 2022. Brothers of Italy, on the presence or absence of the mayor and his entourage at the inauguration , will be able to better and more clearly evaluate the political line of Arrighi and the PD on the marble sector from now on”.
