Sala, the military sent only to Milan seems like an electoral move

"The military is only in Milan, what do we mean that Milan is a dangerous city while Turin, Bologna and Rome are not? This sounds a bit like an electoral move." The mayor of Milan Giuseppe Sala explained this on the sidelines of the commemoration of the Nasiriyah massacre, responding to those who asked him to account for the criticism from the center-left on the presence of paratroopers in the city after the riots of last 17 and 18 October.

"When this solution was proposed and I was clearly told that there were no alternatives and there were no other law enforcement agencies, obviously I immediately said yes - Sala recalled -. But the agreement was until December so I was a little surprised, not so much and only by this decision to extend for another three months, because I understood that no one knew anything from the army leaders, to our prefect and to the police commissioner".

"So, on such delicate issues it seems like common sense to involve local realities, is it possible that no one has thought to consult the prefect? ​​It seems strange to me", he added.

From the centre-left there are those who, immediately after the dispatch of the 500 paratroopers, underlined that 500 educators would be needed because the riots mainly involved very young people. The Municipality "can do something about this. In the budget that we will propose we will try to find even more space to strengthen that system - said Sala -. Obviously we do what we can do, because we have to put resources into it otherwise it's just talk".

"So while in previous years I had left room for new hires of police officers, and I don't regret it, now it's probably time to change direction a bit", he concluded.