Cialente throws in the towel: I resign
The mayor feels abandoned, accused the now former majority and his party, the Democratic Party MARINA MARINUCCI
L'AQUILA. A few words full of bitterness, then again that "no comment" yesterday repeated several times after announcing his resignation in the classroom. 20.30 am when the mayor Massimo Cialente answered the phone at home, while the City is still in progress the meeting hastily convened by majority to reaffirm "support and solidarity" to first citizen. The replay of things already seen. A document may not be enough for the mayor, decided this morning to formalize his resignation in recent months repeatedly threatened. A trigger Cialente, which will have twenty days to reconsider the suspension of work on the city council. All postponed again because of the low number of directors in attendance. At the time of voting on guidelines for the reorganization of subsidiaries, responded to only 19. Vote unsuccessful "because," as clarified by the Chairman of Carlo Benedetti, "the matter of the resolution requires a qualified majority of at least 20 directors." All at home, then, because the place where Ance was held the session had been booked up to 14. And the time had expired. But not for the "outburst" in the classroom Cialente who took the floor to announce his resignation, "noting it no longer had a majority or even a party you can count on. Neither a municipal council with the desire to go forward. " Then, the call to all those present "to rely on their party affiliation to request a decree that allow Aquila to go immediately to the elections, so as to avoid even the loss of a commissioner is too long. This is my only gripe. There are times technicians to go to vote in elections in May. Minister Maroni will call to see if there is the possibility of a waiver. " Words spoken in a few minutes, then off to home. And it immediately started the tam tam. The parties in fibrillation, the majority called an emergency and the mayor at Villa Gioia "chased" by journalists throughout the afternoon. And not just from them. Many phone calls, many outlets with the "fellow travelers," those from whom Cialente felt - rightly or wrongly - abandoned. "They left me alone," was the desperate cry of Cialente when he found himself several times to report serious problems that arose from the confusion in governance. And then, finally, the hole in the budget of 32 million. A hole resulted from a failed transfer, the Government and the Ministry of Finance, the expected € 50 million. A very difficult situation, exacerbated by the many empty benches at each sitting of the council. Yesterday, around 19, the phone call more important than that of the Minister Maroni, however, seems to have left a Cialente hopes about the possibility to allow Aquila to go to the polls in May. One more reason, perhaps, for a rethink. The other - which may always be enough - are those contained in the document signed late in the evening by the majority. All present, whether those advisers are ready to desert each Board meeting. The meeting also the assessors and the Parliamentary Assembly of the Democratic Party, John Lolli. "We express, in this preliminary meeting," reads the document signed by all groups and parties of the coalition, "our greatest sympathy to the mayor Massimo Cialente, exacerbated by an institutional solitude and political events that often go to frustrate or undermine responsible conduct of government action for the price of an ongoing work and sacrifice of abnormal. " So the "mea culpa". "We are aware that, sometimes, the contribution of the city council, with the lack of a quorum of the vote, could have rightly undermined the overall image of the City that from the day of the earthquake, you are taking huge responsibility. We want, however, indicate that such events have never been the result of a detachment from the political commitment given priority to the city. Should get out of this unfortunate situation with a strong and responsible change of pace, because at stake is the fate of the individual but the future and survival of an entire town. " Then the commitment "to strengthen cooperation with the mayor, willing to take on the way down the burden of responsibility that belongs to a team of majority. However, we do not want not to mention the fact that the Government, two years after the earthquake, leaving the municipal entity in a situation of dramatic difficulties in terms of budget and management, which paralyzes the financial programming and also prevents the implementation of common actions in a city that would need financial support and synergies and institutional. The sense of this document is to testify that the Mayor is not alone, that its majority there, it supports and is determined to continue working at his side. " A majority found, but now everything is in the hands of Cialente.
taken from The Centro.it 08.03.2011