The sooner the government names a
commissioner for the Emilia-Romagna flood emergency the better,
rightwing League party leader, Deputy Premier and Transport
Minister Matteo Salvini said Sunday.
The appointment has been delayed after local centre-left
Governor Stefano Bonaccini was ruled out in favour of a
technocrat.
Media have touted former COVID-19 emergency commissioner and
army general Francesco Paolo Figliuolo as the government's new
candidate.
A commissioner is needed to control the flow of the billions of
euros in flood relief coming into the northern region after the
disaster claimed 15 lives and caused billions or euros in damage
to crops and property as well leaving health threats in
contaminated and stagnant waters, which are now thankfully
receding.
"The sooner the commissioner is named the better it will be,"
said Salvini, stressing however that "everyone is already able
to work" on the clean up and reconstruction of the flood-hit
areas.
"It's not as if the commissioner is the Baby Jesus," he added,
saying "there's no commissioner who can have miraculous powers,
a commissioner is not enough to say that the work will start".
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