“Messina will be the province most penalized by the pseudo “save AST” law wanted by the Schifani government and defended in the chamber by Councilors Aricò and Falcone in recent days”: states the deputy of Sud chiama Nord Giuseppe Lombardo.
“With a cut of almost one million kilometers – explains Lombardo – our province will suffer a 40% reduction in kilometers to travel, the highest in Sicily. The so-called social routes, school transport and, of course, 40% of the staff who will be diverted to other provinces will be at risk. We supported and said no to this “save Ast” rule, because an Industrial Plan that provides for a reduction of over 20% of the current kilometers, which Ast will give to private individuals, is not sustainable in terms of economic and financial balance. Furthermore, it is based on corporate strategies outside of any market logic of TPL (Local Public Transport).
Unfortunately – concludes Lombardo – on the backs of the users and the 175 temporary workers of AST that the Industrial Plan plans to fire, the logic of privatization has once again prevailed to the detriment of the public, which has been scientifically emptied to make room for speculation on transport local public”.
