The demands of the president of the Calabria Region Roberto Occhiuto on the subject of differentiated autonomy are “legitimate” but the Lep “will be guaranteed, there will be no discrimination and no one will be left behind”. This was stated by the regional commissioner of the Lega Salvini in Calabria Rossano Stoneon the sidelines of the press conference for the presentation of the new regional councilor Catherine Capponi. “President Occhiuto – said Sasso – legitimately advances more than understandable claims. Differentiated autonomy is now the law of the State, it was promulgated by the President of the Republic, it was voted by all the parliamentarians of the center-right both in the Chamber and in the Senate, it is part of the program so we are not discovering anything new. I understand, as a citizen of the South, the concerns of a man of the South to whom I respond calmly by saying that the essential levels of performance will be guaranteed. There will be no discrimination, indeed I encourage the Calabrians, as a man of Puglia: autonomy can be a great opportunity, it can be a great challenge that we must all take on with a sense of responsibility. I am more than certain that no one will be left behind but it is a challenge that the good government of the center-right of this splendid Region can face without too many worries”.
Regarding the doubts about the method of approval of the law expressed by the president of the Calabrian regional council, the member of the Northern League Philip MancusoSasso replied that «doubt is for intelligent people, there are no certainties. I too have studied, read and reread all the documents. I too have spoken with Minister Calderoli and then I made up my own mind. Also because at a time when the League is growing in the south and has almost reached the same consensus with, not all, but with certain regions of the center-north, I am convinced that taking responsibility with the adoption of differentiated autonomy can be a sign of change also in a certain policy. Today if we have problems in transportation, in infrastructure, in mobility it is the fault of differentiated autonomy that does not exist or it is the fault of a management of a central state that has often plundered our territories. If we have hospitals that do not work it is the fault of differentiated autonomy or it is the fault of a management that, for example, in my region Puglia has caused the cost of vials to multiply a hundredfold. I think that no one better than a governor can manage resources rather than continue to have a state and centralized management. We are for power to local autonomies, this should not scare us”.