A more direct position on differentiated autonomy has also arrived within the City Council and the Mascaro administration itself: during the last session, in fact, a discussion was reserved (proposed by councilor Piccioni) of a more “political” nature precisely on law 86 of June 26 that is dividing the country in two. With the absence of the Northern League councilors – D’Amico and Mastroianni who, already in a press release, had stigmatized the same discussion planned in the Council – a short document was signed by the mayor Mascaro, the president of the Council Giancarlo Nicotera and the councilors Rosario Piccioni, Tranquillo Paradiso, Ruggero Pegna, Anna Caruso, Maria Grandinetti and Giovanni Pulice. The entire Forza Italia and centrist area, plus Piccioni, therefore reiterates a “no” to autonomy, a no «that comes from a yes. Yes to the Constitution, yes to an idea of a State that does not isolate, leaves no one behind, but allows everyone to grow together, with equal opportunities, protecting the merit and possibilities of every citizen. For these reasons” we read in the document “we say no to law 06/26/2024 n. 86 and we support the referendum campaign that more and more people are carrying forward in the country”.
And without a doubt also the mayor himself who, recalling a contrary motion already approved by the municipal assembly in 2023, declares himself against it and «happy that 47 percent of the signatures needed to call the referendum have already been reached». A “no”, therefore, which as Giancarlo Nicotera underlines again «does not want to have and does not have a political or party matrix, does not want to be against someone or something, but springs from the spirit of the Constitution and the founding Fathers who set themselves as absolute principles and values solidarity, equality between citizens, social equity, all within the context of a single and indivisible Nation». A “no” to Autonomy that actually – we see it a bit all over Italy – seems to go beyond party balances and imbalances to reaffirm itself with a certain transversalism between different forces, civic groups, associations, unions, and even the church, as was seen right in Lamezia with some strong declarations by Bishop Serafino Parisi.