There are four weeks to the regional elections and the Calabrians who live outside the region are not yet entitled to discounts on trains to return to vote. A disservice that risks becoming an obstacle to democratic participation.
The M5S deputy denounced him Vittoria Baldinowho sent a formal request to the Calabria Region to activate at Trenitalia and Italo to ensure that the tariff concessions are also guaranteed for the consultations of 5 and 6 October.
The node of the missing concessions
“We are talking about a consolidated measure – he said Baldino – Active for national and European elections, and also activated for regional elections, which provides for reductions of up to 70% on railway tickets. In Calabria it concerns over 100,000 out of office citizens for study or work, including at least 40,000 university students ».
According to the parliamentarian, without this facility thousands of young people and families risk not being able to participate in a fundamental moment for the region, due to the too high costs of travel. “We would be before the denial of a right and a serious act of the institutions, which would hinder participation by feeding abstentionism”.
The appeal to the Region
“Occhiuto It immediately activates to guarantee the right to vote of all the Calabrians, regardless of the place where they are. It is unacceptable that it has not moved in time, almost as if the poor participation was a desired result, “added the deputy.
«The Calabrians have the right to vote without obstacles and without economic barriers – he concluded Baldino -. Calabria does not need obstacles to vote, but of institutions that facilitate participation. I invite all the Calabrians, in Calabria and outside, not to give up their vote: our future is in our hands ».