A hard and heartfelt complaint comes from Matilde Siracusano, undersecretary of relations with the Parliament and deputy of Forza Italia, on the story of the 31 families who live in the barracks of via Taormina, in Messina. According to Siracusano, the commissioner structure for the renovation would have ordered families to leave their homes by July, also with the use of the public force, without first offering a vision of the houses in which they should move.
“The story is paradoxical – said Matilde Siracusano – And it was managed with questionable methods. The families were forced to sign blindly cadastral documents, with the formula ‘take or leave’, and then be left without answers, certainties or respect. ” Siracusano recalled how, in recent years, The restoration of the Messina slums had become an example at national level for dialogue with families and attention to inclusion. “Now – he concluded – all this seems forgotten. But elderly people, children, people in difficulty are not numbers: they deserve respect and humanity.”