«The sooner the better»- Corriere.it

The commissioner for reconstruction in Emilia-Romagna? «The sooner it is done the better, whoever is nominated by Palazzo Chigi, whatever choice is made, has my consent». This was reiterated by the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Infrastructure and Transport Matteo Salvini, speaking with reporters in Bologna. On the table there is still the name of the governor dem Stefano Bonaccini, on which, however, in recent days the League did not seem to have expressed itself positively. “I do not allow myself to veto, I have neither likes nor dislikes – says today the secretary of the Carroccio – the debate on who, how and when I see it as very journalistic”.

«It is not that the commissioner is the Child Jesus – added Salvini -. It’s not that there is a commissioner with saving powers, a commissioner isn’t enough to say that he is starting »with the reconstruction work after the flood. «If the commissioner solved all the problems, I wouldn’t have a still work. Instead I have 117». As for the hypothesis of the appointment of General Francesco Paolo Figliuolo, Salvini replied: «I met him as commissioner during the health emergency, and he is an absolutely worthy person, but in recent days I have read at least a dozen different names. I don’t know anything about it and I don’t comment on anything.”

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