With reference to the article published today on StrettoWeb entitled “Reggio Calabria, it’s chaos for the European Elections: 43 polling station presidents absent two hours before the vote!”, the municipal administration of Reggio Calabria specifies that the start of the electoral operations began without any delay or particular problem that was not resolved immediately.
“Moreover – claims the Administration – the fact that the absence of the polling station presidents is the result of “yet another mess in the Municipality”, as mentioned in the summary of the same article, is completely false and devoid of any foundation. The municipal administration of Reggio Calabria, in fact, proceeded with the appointment of seat presidents in strict compliance with the terms of the law. However, it had to deal with some cancellations, some of which arrived just in the hours before the polls opened, as well as no-shows of the designated subjects at the pre-established times. Deplorable conduct on the part of those who undertake the commitment to provide a service of particular importance such as that of presiding over polling stations. Nonetheless, the offices of the Municipality of Reggio Calabria, working hard and in constant synergy, managed to make up for the sudden defections recorded in the best possible way, ensuring the orderly and punctual start of voting operations, not already – as one would like to believe in the body of the article – with “the hope of covering all the holes” or with improvisation, but with the tools made available by law and with the professionalism that distinguishes the organisation’s managers and employees, far from being subjects accustomed to ‘improvisation. Therefore, all the chairmen appointed are fully compliant with the requirements required by law and have been identified in full compliance with the terms indicated in cases such as those which occurred“.
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