“The Regional Council of Calabria must not lag behind and must not turn its back on its people. The delaying tactics on differentiated autonomy will be swept away by the avalanche of signatures for the abrogative referendum. A strong and courageous political act is needed.” This is the meaning of the message that the mayor of Catanzaro Nicholas Flowerysent a letter to the president of the first Commission of the Regional Council of Calabria Luciana DeFrancesco and to the members of the same body on the eve of the meeting that must examine the proposals to oppose the law on differentiated autonomy. Fiorita, who was the promoter of the appeal “unasolaitalia” that has gathered the support of 130 Calabrian mayors, starting from all the large cities, will not be present at the meeting due to the coincidence with non-deferrable commitments, but he still wanted to convey his opinion to the president De Francesco and to the other members of the commission, asking that they go to the Chamber as soon as possible.
«I feel the duty, as mayor of the regional capital city – writes Fiorita – to invite the first Commission to a careful and non-prejudicial reflection on the measures under consideration, allowing them to arrive as soon as possible to the examination of the Assembly where everyone will be able to legitimately and clearly express their position. What I ask of the Commission is an act of courage and at the same time of respect for the Calabrian people. who has every right to know the orientation of the highest regional institution with respect to a question on which the future of the South and especially of our land depends”.
“The law – he continues – must be opposed with determination: either you are for it or you are against it. There is no middle ground, there is no need for observers of dubious usefulness. Calabria must not leave only to the other worthy Regions (Campania, Puglia, Sardinia, Tuscany and Emilia-Romagna) the burden and the honor of holding high the flag of a united, supportive, civil and progressive Italy. Don’t make the mistake of holding back the drive that comes from the people. The referendum will be held because the wave of signatures has already overwhelmed every obstructionist action, but this is not the problem. A precise political message must be sent and for this it is necessary that the Regional Council of Calabria, in its authority and autonomy, expresses its clear position. Taking responsibility for it before future generations and history”.