ALESSANDRIA – “I learned that, after the mayor By subscribing he had asked me if I was available continue the work of the council, I was not reconfirmed assessor. I had communicated to the mayor, who at that moment had thanked me for having accepted, my long-considered willingness to continueand the path of political-administrative commitment undertaken to date. I would have stayed in the executive out of respect for the city and the action that the mayor had asked me to continue. Yesterday I learned that I am not part of the new team from a phone call from him“.
Thus begins a long farewell note from the Alessandria administration by the now former deputy mayor, Marica Barrier.
“In these two years I have worked with lena e passion alongside the mayor and the council. To contribute to the development of our city, to face with pragmatism and ideal impetus the countless critical issues and daily emergencies of the Administration”.
“Positively value the Subscriber method”
“I believed in thealliance of the progressive forces – he continues – and in the relationship between civic spirit, activism and parties. I also appreciated theequilibrium which led to the so-called long fieldwhen the mayor himself indicated the City Council as a place where politics can find balances and collaborations or alliances. In this perspective I rated it positively the transparent method with which Abonante had made explicit, even before the second round vote, his firm will to do not vary the alliance structure. Stating that would never have integrated in the executive role, the one who had led the alternative government proposal to his or her own or a representative who had run for that project”.
According to Barrera, therefore, “the proposal to comply with the councilor’s requests today Barosini for the most delicate and trusted role turn logic on its head with which we introduced ourselves to the citizens. And yet, I imagined that could be right for the city to put the interests and needs of continuity in administrative action before personal evaluations and distrust towards this new project. But, as a result of the changes, the Abonante list loses the position of deputy mayor and no longer has full, authentically civic representation, given the appointment as assessor, in the list quota, of someone who has a leading role in the governing bodies of the Democratic Party”.
“I have never had any reason to think that there was a negative judgment on my work – Barrera emphasizes -. And the request that was made to me to accept the role of assessor, with agreement on the delegations, is a confirmation of this. And yet, in the end, the numbers did not add up and, despite being the most voted on the list, I was left out“.
Barrera: “Thanks for the many messages”
“Perhaps, sometimes, more than skills, dedication, assiduous and constant commitment, what counts is the weight of those who can assert themselves power relations and percentages. And wave the spectre of a contrary vote in the council. And visions risk being harnessed and weakened by convenience. In these hours I have received countless messages from people who respect me, more than I could ever imagine. These are things that, in the face of the drying up of human relationships or in the face of a lack of respect, warm the heart“.
“I will continue to carry out my political role and civic engagement with the same passion and dedication as always. And I will try to find new ways to contribute to the progress of our community,” Barrera said. Loyalty to Giorgioeven before the mayor Giorgio Abonante, cannot fail to be declined according to that coherence which has been the figure of my life. Almost a categorical imperative that has informed all the choices I have made, whether personal or political. Over 15 years of knowing each other, sharing paths, political and administrative, are not weighed lightly”.
“I have thought a lot and suffered a lot before writing these lines. – he concludes – I thank my colleagues in the council, the majority and the opposition, the managers, the officials. All the staff of the Municipality. Who have shared with me a serious work. The Secretary General, with whom in a few months we have tried to give a new structure to the Institution, the RSU of the institution and the categories. I would like to greet the civil, military and religious authorities, the Prefecture and the Police Headquarters, all the associations and subjects of collective representation, of categories, unions and social parties. A thanks to my family who has always been close to me in every choice and in every difficulty. And who represents the true value of my life”.
