A meeting was promoted at the headquarters of the economic development department of Ragusa to turn the spotlight back on the issue of the debt moratorium.
It was the councilor for Economic Development of the Municipality of Ragusa, Giorgio Massari, who organized this important event to which representatives of Ragusa and Sicilian politics, all Ragusa farmers, breeders, producers and consumers are invited.
The appeal of spontaneous movement of farmers, breeders, producers and Iblean consumers is addressed in particular to all the mayors of the Sicilian municipalities so that they take action, in concert with the regional and national deputies, to ensure that what has been promised on several occasions is respected. For the movement it is essential that “the immediate and necessary liquidity is guaranteed for companies in the sector to be able to cover the purchase of fodder, diesel and electricity, for the survival of livestock and the cultivation of cereals, vegetables and trees“
The movement strongly criticizes what has been done up to now by professional agricultural organizations, first of all Coldiretti, which, underlines the movement “after 5 months of protest by the producers, claiming that the problem of the debt moratorium had been brilliantly resolved by the central government, after the pressing requests of the members and producers, with a “solidarity initiative”, in our opinion fake for the ridiculous quantities (a few kilograms of hay for each head of cattle and sheep), instead limited itself to donating to the farmers, together with the Italian Agricultural Consortiums, BF Bonifiche Ferraresi, the Italian Breeders’ Association and Fedama – Federation of National Breed Associations , a handout that offends the dignity of members and othersAccording to the spontaneous movement of Hyblaean farmers, breeders, producers and consumers, there is therefore an urgent need for a “truth operation” and it is precisely the farmers of Ragusa who act as the megaphone.
There is no shortage of accusations also leveled against the Sicilian regional government which declare “if he had fulfilled his duty, preventing the water crisis in time, then taking measures promptly and economically in an adequate manner, today, our Sicilian colleagues would not have to accept handouts from those who have demonstrated in recent years that they have not represented the interests of the associates, of not having known and wanted to represent them seriously in the institutional settings and in the economic games that this Italy is changing face, aiming to transform itself into an energy hub within the European Union, sacrificing Sicilian agriculture on the altar of the energy transition , if not even the entire national agri-food sector. While for almost 5 months there have been demonstrations and protests throughout the island with permanent garrisons and tractor processions, desperate and furious but peaceful, the Sicilian Government does not impose itself on Rome in defense of the Sicilians, it takes home the small change and leaves room for a national government that allocates billions of euros to invest in North Africa, encouraging elsewhere what it has failed to protect and enhance at home. Adding insult to injury!
With respect to the European elections, the movement bluntly expresses its idea: “In our opinion, this electoral commitment and the related final result is only and exclusively a test of strength between political parties and not a political decision-making choice to send one or more representatives of the people to the European Parliament to defend the true interests of small businesses”
In conclusion the movement declares that “The debt moratorium must be the fixed point of all mayors, regional and national parliamentarians if they want to continue to represent our territories politically and with dignity and not end up like the regional councilor for agriculture Sammartino who will remain in our memory for having declared during an institutional meeting held in ARS with the producers present that in the morning when they get up they should not think about productions but rather about submitting “applications” through the right technicians”
