(UNWEB) “With the 40 million euro debt with which Margherita Scoccia announced today, with a newfound verve, that she wants to redo all, absolutely all, of the streets of Perugia, we could imagine doing many things. But once the we will decide the elections together with the citizens of Perugia”.
This is what Alessandra Sartore, former undersecretary for Finance of the Draghi Government, declared in a note on behalf of the Alliance for Victory, a coalition in support of Vittoria Ferdinandi
“For us, today’s news is not so much about the electoral advert promoted three days before the vote, which is worth what it’s worth. It’s not even about candidly admitting that, after 5 years as councilor for urban planning, Scoccia is forced to announce today what he could have done yesterday.”
“The real news – adds Sartore – is that this municipal administration, after having justified its inaction for 10 years with the excuse of a 35 million euro budget hole, which in truth has always been both a technical deficit due which due to the mismanagement of the state budget, implemented in those years by the centre-right governments, for which local authorities had to contribute to the recovery of public finances with linear cuts, would find itself with 40 million in cash advances registered on the budget, that is, money to be spent on debt, with interest, and a surplus of 5 million. We are talking about 45 million euros, which are terribly missed by the citizens of Perugia when we talk about services, opportunities and roads, precisely. “.
“Considering the hot climate typical of the last days of the electoral campaign – he adds – the coalition for Victory could have relaunched by saying that, with the same money, it would be able to plug the potholes in one year, instead of two. But we are people series. Or we could say that nursery school fees will be made free, as was done in Vicenza by Mayor Possamai. We could think of allocating them to strengthen home healthcare. To invest in schools, in gyms, in new green areas To cut the Tari, given the increases. Or, perhaps, to think about rebuilding a new stadium with the Municipality’s money. But we are a coalition led by a serious candidate like Vittoria Ferdinandi, who has made the participation and respect of the citizens her priority. most important figure”.
“Given that the issue of roads – finally concludes the Alliance for Victory Coalition – remains one of the main problems to be solved, after the Romizi-Scoccia council was unable and unwilling to address it, despite the 200 million euros available between European and national funds and regional ones, which did not even serve to close works such as the Turreno and the Covered Market, we believe that we do not need bombastic announcements to ingratiate ourselves with voters, but seriousness and commitment: this is what the citizens of Perugia need”.
