Abuse of office, Meloni: “No mayor should be afraid”. Then the lunge on autonomy: “United Italy, no Serie A and B”

Giorgia Meloni send a new message on the abolition of abuse of office. “To all mayors, I reiterate the government’s commitment to do everything we can to make that task easier, from simplification to digitization to abuse of office: no mayor who wants to give answers to his citizens must be slowed down or be afraid to give those answers to the citizens”. Thus the Prime Minister at the presentation of the ‘Polis-House of digital services’ project of Poste Italiane.

“A project that teaches: the message that is sent is that we want to unite Italy, strengthen ties, mend the fabric between larger and smaller cities, guarantee all citizens the exact same right to access services in a simple way and fast. We are not resigned to the idea that there are territories and services of Serie A and B. A single Italy with equal services and rights for all”. “Italy is one, unique and united”, you articulated in a delicate moment of reforms and fears of choices at different speeds.

“We can still be a model – added the premier – this nation can still be an example for others to follow, a model that others copy. We have taught a lot but we can still teach a lot”.

“I came to be prime minister but I have never been able to be mayor…”, is the self-deprecating joke that Giorgia Meloni allows herself in front of the audience of first citizens gathered at the Eur cloud. “In the current situation – you added – I think there is no room for personalism and petty political quarrels on the skin of the citizens. This nation needs the responsibility of its ruling class”.

Being mayor “is a commitment that knows no breaks, has no borders and almost always cannot count on the tools and resources necessary to do this job well. A more demanding challenge for those who are mayors of a municipality with less than 15 thousand inhabitants, because those tools and resources are often even inferior.”

“I am proud to be at this initiative on the hundredth day in which I have the honor of leading the government of this nation”, remarked the Prime Minister, underlining the importance “of thinking about time”: “Taking the time to do strategic choices, not being chased by presentism, by performance anxiety, by the need to be talked about every day. I have the great goal of giving Italy a government that will last five years, that knows that the medium term is the one for give the most effective answers”.