"Thanks to the push of the League and the appeal of Minister Matteo Salvini", the League's resolution to increase the number of soldiers involved in Operation Safe Roads from the current 6,800 to 10,000 "will be discussed on Thursday morning, starting at 9, in the Defense Committee of the Chamber". This was announced by the leader of the League in the same commission and the first signatory of the text, Eugenio Zoffili.
"The country and the Italian citizens need the immediate dispatch of soldiers to the streets most at risk", he underlines to ANSA, responding to the doubts expressed by FdI and Forza Italia on the text. Zoffili says he is ready to evaluate possible corrections: "I am not aware of what changes may be proposed by the government. I hope they go in the direction of having even more soldiers, even beyond 10 thousand", he adds, highlighting that even in terms of times "where there is a will, there is a way".
The Salvini-Lega Lombardia meeting in Milan
Already in the morning, after a meeting at Palazzo Pirelli in Milan between the regional councilors and councilors of the League, the president Attilio Fontana and the secretary Matteo Salvini, the League had once again called for "more soldiers in the Lombard cities for greater security, autonomy to bring home within the legislature and maximum mobilization for Pontida, which must be a great day of unity and relaunch of the political action of the League in Government".
"First of all, safety: we ask the Government, without further delay, to increase the number of soldiers for Safe Roads to 10,000, with more garrisons also in the cities and stations of Lombardy", we read. "Forward also on Autonomy - continues the note signed by the Lega Lombardia group -: after the historic vote on Thursday at the Pirellone on the first four subjects, the process must be closed in Parliament within the legislature to finally make this first step a reality".
Undersecretary Perego: 'For more soldiers on the streets, a change to the defense bill is needed, a week is not enough'
"We are not saying no" to a strengthening of the presence of the military as part of the Safe Roads operation, but "we believe some steps are necessary that could find space in the Defense Decree", to which the League resolution expected on Thursday in the Chamber could also refer, the undersecretary of Defense, Matteo Perego of Cremnago, of Forza Italia, told ANSA, on the proposal relaunched by Matteo Salvini to increase - already within "a week" - the number of soldiers employed in the cities.
"It is not a question of timing, but of putting the military in the best conditions to be able to operate and above all guaranteeing the effectiveness of their use" with "adequate training, forces and equipment", underlines Perego. Basically, a week wouldn't be enough.
The other topics addressed by the League
Furthermore, "among the other priorities that emerged at the meeting: revision of the ISEE to stop the "bonus collectors", mostly non-EU citizens, and help the middle class more, FS Security staff on regional trains, greater resources for air quality in the Padano Basin against absurd European impositions and energy initiatives to limit the impacts on families and businesses". "Now maximum mobilization for Pontida: we want a great day of participation, unity and relaunch. The League - concludes the note - has decisive battles ahead of it and must face them unitedly, speaking with even more force to the territories, families and the productive world". "Forward also on Autonomy - continues the note signed by the Lega Lombardia group -: after the historic vote on Thursday at the Pirellone on the first four subjects, the process must be closed in Parliament within the legislature to finally make this first step a reality".
Furthermore, "among the other priorities that emerged at the meeting: revision of the ISEE to stop the "bonus collectors", mostly non-EU citizens, and help the middle class more, FS Security staff on regional trains, greater resources for air quality in the Padano Basin against absurd European impositions and energy initiatives to limit the impacts on families and businesses".
"Now maximum mobilization for Pontida: we want a great day of participation, unity and relaunch. The League - concludes the note - has decisive battles ahead of it and must face them unitedly, speaking with even more force to the territories, families and the productive world".
