This means that until overall harmony – that is, another political agreement within the quarrelsome center-right – is reached, the aspiring presidents will remain as such
Trieste – A question of general secretaries. It was an open secret and, after the latest halt to the appointments of the presidents of the System Authorities, the Deputy Minister of Transport, Edoardo Rixi, now admits it without too much beating around the bush. The indication of Tito Vespasiani as general secretary of the port of Genoa was not digested by Fratelli d’Italia and everything has stopped again, pending an overall political agreement for the allocation of the number twos of the AdSPs. Rixi speaks from the columns of Il Piccolo of Trieste, fresh from the mission in Egypt, where Deputy Prime Minister Kamel El Wazir expressed the will to favor the doubling of the ro-ro line between Damietta and the Julian port, while also opening a route to connect the North African country to the Tyrrhenian Sea. But the League deputy minister does not only speak of intra-Mediterranean traffic and in the interview touches on the knot of appointments and general secretaries.
“The acceleration on Genoa – admits Rixi – created some tension, because the idea was to first appoint all the presidents and then the secretaries.” The choice made by the president of the Ligurian AdSP, Matteo Paroli, was not from the FdI quota and, in the majority, positions have stiffened again. Rixi says, in any case, that “the decrees are ready and we are about to sign them,” but the political snag that stopped the promise made by Minister Matteo Salvini last October 23rd in its tracks is clear. That day the League leader had installed the first three presidents never voted on by the Senate, saying that he would make three appointments per week even without the opinion of the committee, which had been awaited since July. That vote finally arrived and the MIT could at any moment appoint en bloc the remaining eight presidents, who have now completed the parliamentary process. From today, Marco Consalvo (Trieste) will be added to them, who should receive the vote from the Chamber’s Transport Committee in the afternoon.
But two and a half weeks after October 23rd, the appointment decrees have remained in the drawer. To Il Piccolo, Rixi is clear about what awaits us: “There is no national political table for general secretaries, but it is natural that local political forces may have an interest in designating reference figures in the port committees. We have appointed presidents who can dialogue with both the government and the opposition, ensuring balanced management. The goal now is to avoid conflict situations, like those of the past, which in some cases have paralyzed the AdSPs. We are therefore supporting the presidents to guarantee overall harmony, without imposing choices, but promoting coordinated and shared management.” And until overall harmony – that is, another political agreement within the quarrelsome center-right – is reached, it is easy to imagine that the aspiring presidents will remain among those who are in limbo.
In the photo: Matteo Salvini (on the left) with Edoardo Rixi
