Autonomy, Salvini on the financial coverage clause for the lep wanted by FI: “Those who criticize the text have not read it”

“Those who criticize autonomy are because they haven’t read the text.” Matteo Salvini tries to appear radiant after yesterday’s approval in the CDM of the Calderoli bill on differentiated autonomy. “It’s a beautiful day for San Biagio,” he said as he arrived at the conference organized by Confcommercio in Milan on the new procurement code, but did not want to comment on the clause desired by Forza Italia which provides for the financial coverage of the Lep (essential performance levels) and which in fact it cripples the flag reform of the Carroccio. “If the determination of the Lep results in new or greater burdens on public finance – reads the draft of the bill – it will be possible to proceed with the transfer of functions only after the entry into force of the legislative provisions for the allocation of financial resources consistent with the programmed public finance objectives», continues the text approved yesterday.

“The issue of health is already regional”, adds Salvini, responding to the press who ask him to comment on the concerns expressed by the Medical Association on the disparities in the field of public care. “Governors like De Luca and Emiliano (from Campania and Puglia respectively, both from the Democratic Party, ed) can only chat, but in recent years they have done nothing about health care”.

Before arriving at the Milanese meeting, the deputy prime minister had also tweeted his “solidarity and full support for Andrea Ostellari”. In fact, the Northern League undersecretary for Justice, together with his FdI colleague Andrea Delmastro, could end up under guard due to the threats received following the Cospito case, but the final decision from the prefect of Rome will arrive on February 10.

However, Salvini invites “everyone to tone down, politicians and others”, but specifies that “those who express violence must be prosecuted. Praising the armed struggle in 2023 is hospitalization or forced accompaniment to hospital or prison”. He then adds: “If there is anyone who misses the years of Piombo, he must be treated as he deserves”. No worries, however, that these tensions affect the electoral campaign: «In Lombardy and Lazio, citizens will vote and four anarchists who go around making noise, won’t change anyone’s mind and I hope they won’t waste precious hours of work for the Milanese and to the Lombards who want to go to work».

The minister then added some observations on the topic of the day, the new procurement code: «It is a text that trusts mayors, businesses and freelancers and simplifies their lives. In the past, a series of obstacles had been set up” such as the Anac “which has an important role but which must be downstream, not upstream”.