Filippo Franzone did not hide the reasons for his support for Di Stefano, namely the yes to the metropolitan city of Catania, the strengthening of the city’s health system and the battle for water and dams. “For Cosentino, the desire for a popular referendum on the transition to Catania was not a priority,” said Franzone, explaining the reasons for his support. The health system cannot be just in the hands of a few political interests, this is what emerged. “With Cosentino there are those who have bosses in Palermo and cannot make decisions contrary to the interests of their bosses,” continued Franzone. “Head, heart and legs, these are our resources – Di Stefano began – we are free from any conditioning. Cosentino’s candidacy had already been established, it must respond to the regional waste system. They want the city to be transformed into the dustbin of all of Sicily. He doesn’t care about water. They want to dig and put waste from all over Sicily. We won’t let you. If Tekra no longer exists today, it is due to our responsible movements. At first the new service went ahead, then the waste system came into play which blocked everything. They have the apparatus, the voting machines, it is not free voting. Today, the city is on its knees. They force thousands of citizens not to vote, so their apparatus vote wins.” Work, water, Macchitella Lab, sustainable management of the waste system, are the points touched by Di Stefano. “From Tuesday, we will convene Eni, Caltaqua and Ati, no more shame for water as in San Giacomo – continued the candidate – I brought two hundred million euros of funding to the city. I have done. With Eni we need to activate the 2019 protocol and dismantle the disused plants, there will be work. I am a travel worker. Those who are with Cosentino closed the refinery in 2014, without planning and thousands of jobs were lost.” Argo-Cassiopea, the biojet and Eni’s latest investments have been claimed as results of what has been done in its administrative experience. “A vote to free the city from Cuffaro and Mancuso – he said forcefully – no Impianti Srr worker will be affected. Be free. I will defend you personally.” The reference to the role of the engineer Cosentino in the company that deals with the waste service is clear. “No promise of jobs but we want to create the conditions for stable work, to create new opportunities,” he concluded.
