Many good intentions and the goal of improving Calabria in the coming years. There South Gazzetta He asked some questions to the two main duelists of this election campaign on the most stringent topical themes. Below, their answers.
Roberto Occhiuto (Forza Italia)
«I don’t have a magic wand and it is difficult to reform Calabria in such a short time, but in these 4 years we have done more than in the last 40. If I had not resigned I would have caused immobility in the region for a year. It is not easy to drive the regional bureaucratic machine, but it is impossible to do it when due to the instrumental use of an investigation by the judiciary, the president is seen by managers and officials like a crippled and prospective governor. In this context I could not have completed the work started and I would have been worn out, even media, for months ».
In the event of a mandate bis, what will the priorities of this second half be?
«The new hospitals, for twenty years only on paper, are going on with record times: that of Sibaritide will be completed by 2026, and to follow those of Vibo and Palmi. Next also decided on community houses and hospitals, and new hires for doctors and nurses. At work priority to the stabilization of precarious workers, Tis in the lead, and the creation of new stable employment. In recent years we have closed very complicated disputes, everyone recalls the 1000 Abraham workers saved, and we have attracted many investments ».
Will this be the legislature in which Calabria will return to the ordinary regime in health?
«We have laid the foundations to get rid of two strength shirts: from the first commissioner and from the return plan after. And this is the perspective that from the first months of the five -year period will finally allow us to make investments to improve health. Furthermore, we will have a strategic plan to recruit new doctors, through special incentives that we will use to bring to the region many Calabrian white cylinders who work throughout Italy and who would not wait to return home ».
In the legislature just ends, she appeared on several occasions a man only in command. Will this time give more space to the allies?
«The super results that the councilors on the field will have in the elections and all the parties of the center -right will show that in my regional government everyone has had great maneuvering space. I delegated a lot to my team and we did a lot for this too. It is clear that in some strategic dossiers speed and firmness served. To govern Calabria, in certain situations, you also need a dose of decision -making ».
Pasquale Tridico (5 stars)
«Calabria is my land, here are my roots, a luggage that I bring with me in every place and in every stage of my life. This land has formed me and now I feel the responsibility of making my contribution to change this region. Another policy is possible by focusing on skills, vision, social justice, sustainable growth. Calabria must be the land where you stay and where you return ».
In case of victory, what will the priorities of his mandate be?
«Healthcare is undoubtedly at the top of the list. Healthcare that is public and understood as a universal right. The health service provided in Calabria is collapse, the waiting lists are infinite, the emergency room without personal, we are tail light in Italy in the provision of the essential levels of assistance. For hospitalization or to do an exam now you have to ask a politician for a favor. The route is to be reversed also with a new pact for mobility, the strengthening of the railway network and an efficient local public transport that also connects the internal areas with the cities. Finally, but last but not least, the fight against crime through virtuous processes such as transparent contracts ».
Will this be the legislature in which Calabria will return to the ordinary regime in health?
«The autonomy and regional health management are fundamental. We plan to put an end to the commissioner within a few months and to start with the government the renegotiation of the debt to remodel the terms of return and lightening its impact in the budget: the goal is to free resources to be reinvest in the public health system “.
How do you think of keeping a coalition together that ranges from the Communist Refoundation to exponents who sought in the majority with the center -right until the other day?
“Meanwhile, it must be said that a strong convergence of the entire progressive front was immediately created on my name. The “Papeete di Occhiuto”, his resignation as a challenge to his allies and the judiciary, has made the shirts of the wide field. The coalition is held together around a program shared in ten points, developed by me, mayors, scholars, social partners, politicians, third sector and experts. It is time for a new Calabrian spring: we believe it ».