«I am sure that the League will have an extraordinary result. The goal is to arrive first, so to bring Occhiuto to win as a first party ». The deputy premier, Minister of Infrastructure and Secretary of the League Matteo Salvini, today in Catanzaro to present the list of his party at the regional in Calabria on 5 and 6 October, said this.
«18 and a half billion investments of my ministry in Calabria for the Calabrians. He has no precedents in Italian history. So – he added commenting on the statements of Marco Rizzo who in recent days said that between Roberto Occhiuto and Pasquale Tridico there are no differences – I leave to others the chatter, the controversies, the envy, no here, no there. 18 and a half billion means almost 4 billion on the state road 106, while the others had forgotten it, the transversal of the greenhouses, the A2, the high speed finally in design up to Reggio Calabria, the bridge that has been talked about for a lifetime and which is now designed and financed, all this in not even three years “.
On what basis, was he asked, the continuity with Occhiuto? “We – Salvini said – have political and non -political candidates of excellence, entrepreneurs, technicians, experts. The Region has made a lot in recent years recovering the delays inherited from others. Of course we aim to do better and better, we do not place ourselves. We will have five years to take Calabria in hand that deserves a lot. The world will look at Calabria from the coming weeks, so for me it is a source of pride ». A natural re -acting, he added, given that “he was outgoing governor as he was outgoing governor in the Marche region, so it was natural to reconfirm the guide both in Calabria and in the Marche”.
Salvini then reiterated that the intention of his party is to improve 8% obtained in 2021. “When I say that the goal is to become the first party – he explained – I say it because I think so and I believe it. Even the 8% we took four years ago was already so much since the League in Calabria was not there. But I think that the Calabrians in recent years have touched with the hand that if we commit ourselves to do something we do it. The example of the bridge of which generations of politicians of all colors have spoken and that has come to the approval of the executive project completely financed with the opening of the construction sites in the coming weeks and not in the coming months, I think it is an epochal change, it will bring many young people back to Calabria who have been forced to escape. Here, bringing many young people back to Calabria who are now around Italy and for the world it is my main goal ».
A goal, the League leader pointed out, who does not want to be a test bench with the other majority forces: «In the center -right we have friends and allies. Then it is clear that everyone competes and aims to arrive first. But it is an alliance that is nationally that it is at regional level is solid, unlike others that are found for interest ».