New comparison between the two candidates for the presidency of the Calabria Region, Roberto Occhiuto and Pasquale Tridico. The opportunity for a new meeting was the debate promoted by Unindustria Calabria on the issues of industrial policies, growth and economic and social development. The industrialists have drawn up and delivered to the candidates a programmatic manifesto containing policy recommendation, ten strategic priorities for the confindustrial world.
Tridico and technological poles
The candidate for the presidency of the Calabria Region for the progressive front, Pasquale Tridico, highlighted that “a part of our program is very advanced on industrial policies. We believe that Calabria should play a fundamental role in raising its productive and technological frontier ». On industrial policies, Tridico has indicated the need to create “four technological centers that reflect the industrial vocations of the different areas of Calabria: North, Center and South. Then Corigliano-Rossano in the North, in the center the area of Vibonese and Crotonese and south the Reggio area with its artisanal peculiarities, of ice cream makers and pastry chefs. We will go – he said – a job on skills. This will serve technological centers with the creation of industrial policies adapted to the production fabric and research centers connected to these technological centers exactly to support the production activity “. Tridico also spoke of infrastructures claiming that “in the South and Calabria they are absolutely dilapidated. I think that the South must be connected between Reggio Calabria, Bari and Naples, I think of a federated southern triangle within which transverse and fast connections pass. The connections are flywheel”.
Unreliable surveys
«They are unreliable surveys. Among the people on the contrary, I see a lot of enthusiasm, even people who voted on the right who says that he will support me and people who have not voted for years that this time will vote. Obviously the perception is not statistics, I am used to working with the numbers and surveys we have seen have enormous methodological problems that concern the response rate, the period in which they were made, the data on abstention and uncertainty “. So the candidate of the progressive field to the Presidency of the Calabria Region Pasquale Tridico speaking of the polls that see him at the disadvantage compared to the center -right candidate Roberto Occhiuto, on the sidelines of a meeting with Unoindustria Calabria. Before arriving in the industrialist headquarters in Catanzaro, Tridico also visited one of the suburbs south of the city, Viale Isonzo, and said that “in the best traditions of the economic development of a liberal and European country what ours is, at the center of development policies there is always social cohesion. Having development without social cohesion means creating greater fragmentation in the long run, greater political problems. We believe in a company and in a more just region, this means promoting economic development without leaving anyone behind. “
Occhiuto: Incentives for businesses
“It makes me a little strange to be here and compare myself with those who worked side by side with me to build a system of incentives that could actually be used by companies in the most accomplished way”. This was said by Roberto Occhiuto, candidate of the center -right for the presidency of the Calabria Region and outgoing president in comparison with Unindustria Calabria. Occhiuto mentioned the actions already taken with the contribution of industrialists during the 4 years of legislature. Also present is the Undersecretary inside Wanda Ferro.
“We have developed the policies on businesses thanks to Unindustria – stressed Occhiuto -. This allowed us to put 800 million euros on the ground to the business system thanks also to the diffusion of the calls and measures of the Region made by Unindustria. So I have little to deal with those who already know the work that has been done in these years and with who will have to continue this job in the next five with me ».
Responding to journalists, Occhiuto commented on the words said earlier by Pasquale Tridico and, in particular, on the need to do much more to support development. “The Region – he said – will still do a lot and a lot and will do so with those who have shown they know how to do enough but is aware of the fact that it is not enough. This is a region that serves a serious development deficit, has a very fragile production system with companies that are not sufficiently patrimonialized, has logistics assets that can really enrich it as Gioia Tauro and there you have to invest to attract investments. He has a series of resources that I believe that my government has shown to know. I agree with Tridico: a lot can be done and I think I have also shown that I also know what you have to do ».
On the Unique Zes, Occhiuto showed that “when I settled the industrial areas I was abandoned because in the availability of a consortium that was in fact failed, the Corap. Now this consortium is leaving the compulsory liquidation and in addition, receiving a proposal of unidustria, we have created a specific agency, Arsai, which deals with the enhancement of the industrial areas. It is clear that those who are candidate is studied something and say it but if they had also studied what has already been done, what he says would not say ».
For railway AV you need a billion
“I trust that the national government will find the billion that serves to get to Praia a Mare.” This was stated by the resigning president of the Calabria Region and re -candidate Roberto Occhiuto, participating in a comparison organized by Unindustria with reference to the high railway speed. “I still trust in the bridge – he added – for the possibility of finding this billion, the government and the Ministry of Infrastructure told me that it is available to do it”.
On the investment front on airports, he then announced the conclusion of the work of the Reggio Calabria airport “by December and we are proceeding to ban the races for the work of Lamezia Terme airport. We are investing in other airlines, I spoke several times with the CEO of Ita, with which we are thinking of the possibility of allocating the school for pilots to Crotone. I would like Ita to be more interested in Crotone airport where we pay a lot of money for connections with Rome ».
On the port of Gioia Tauro, the center -right candidate has announced interlocutions in progress with the national government, with which there are “more things in the pipeline. You know that a debate on the Ilva di Taranto is underway, where they do not want the regasifying ship. On the contrary, I – he added – I am in favor of the terrestrial regasifier because it would allow us to have the cold plate capable of freezing the products and making a large district of agro -industry. I told the government that Calabria is available to take the ship if you also make the terrestrial regasifier afterwards. But above all, if the billion of investment that the government has in mind to make on Taranto does it to Gioia Tauro. This is the Green steel that would really be a shock for the port of Gioia Tauro. We have been working on it for a few months together with Wanda Ferro and Minister Urso, I believe that by the end of November some news can be there ».