Openings, regions in no particular order . From the prudence of Sardinia to the assertiveness of Puglia: 'Let's reopen on the 18th'. Zaia: 'A table every 4 meters? It means closing restaurants' . Meanwhile, the TAR cancels the Calabria ordinance , which allowed table service if outdoors for bars and restaurants. Governor Santelli: ' For the government it is a Pyrrhic victory '. But for the Minister for Regional Affairs Boccia: 'It is not the season of divisions'
The Tar of Catanzaro "accepts the appeal and cancels the order of the President of the Calabria Regionof April 29, 2020 in the part in which it provides that on the territory of the Region, the resumption of the activities of Bars, Pastry Shops, Restaurants, Pizzerias, Agritourisms with exclusive administration through the service with outdoor tables is allowed '. He orders the sentence to be carried out by the administrative authority. "This is what is read in the Tar ruling which
effectively closes the activities that the Region had reopened. The administrative judges of the Calabrian capital accepting the appeal of the government and canceling the order of the Calabria Region, stress that "it is up to the Prime Minister to identify the necessary measures to counter the spread of the COVID-19 virus, while the Regions are only allowed to intervene within the limits outlined by art. 3 ".
" We take note of the decision of the TAR, but we do not hide the regret for a ruling that causes a setback against a region that was starting after 2 months of lockdown and after the sacrifices of the citizens. Such an important choice belonged to the Constitutional Court, the only body capable of clarifying the government-regions relationship. The Conte government has little to cheer about: it is a Pyrrhic victory that tramples on the rights of citizens, after the order was valid for 11 days ". So the president of the Calabria Region Jole Santelli.
" It is a decision even though respectable but irrelevant : the order in fact had full execution for 11 days and the Government has announced for Wednesday that it will arrange the opening of bars and restaurants at a general level. The Region won with the non-acceptance of the precautionary decree and had an important result by acquiring the political-institutional primacy of protecting the constitutional prerogatives of the regions ". This was stated by the lawyer Oreste Morcavallo, one of the lawyers who assisted the Calabria Region .
" Judgments and laws are not discussed but apply . And this must apply to each of us. Workplace safety for workers and citizens is our top priority in the Covid-19 emergency. The government is restarting the Country in safety. It is not the season of divisions, protagonisms and individualism ". Thus the Minister for Regional Affairs, Francesco Boccia, comments on the decision of the Tar of Calabria to annul the order issued by President Jole Santelli which allowed the reopening of some commercial activities in the Region.
"I read somewhere that someone talks about putting a table every four meters: if you put one at your house every four meters . But not in restaurants because this means closing them all." The president of Veneto, Luca Zaia, said that "an account is scientific exercise, a discourse is real life which is something else" and hoping that "the guidelines are reasonable".
"I hope the Governe decides to say something for May 18." According to Zaia "it is essential that citizens know this: hairdressers, restaurants and so on cannot come to know on the 17th evening that they reopen the next day. Because it doesn't work like this". Zaia hopes that the indication "is clear and in a programmed way so that all of us can organize ourselves. We also have a problem which is that of prevention services".
No early opening of the shops in Sassari . Also on the basis of the index on the infection, the mayor Nanni Campus has chosen the path of prudence. So tomorrow, at least until May 17, the shutters of clothing, footwear, jewelers, perfumeries, hairdressers, beauty salons, tattoo artists will remain lowered. "Having taken note of the provisions of art. 23 of ordinance n.20 of 2 May 2020 adopted by the President of the Autonomous Region of Sardinia, with reference to the trend of the spread curve of the Sars Cov 2 virus in the municipal area, they remain closed personal services, such as hairdressing salons, beauticians, tattoo artists and the like. Likewise, commercial sales of clothing, footwear, jewelers, perfumeries remain closed from the same date "wrote the mayor of Sassari in the new ordinance published today, after the Rt index determined at 0.96 for the capital of northern Sardinia, it has effectively excluded the possibility of early opening of the shops.
"The openings - is the position of the President of the Lazio Region Nicola Zingaretti - will be in complete safety. They will be decided only and exclusively on the basis of a scientific evaluation. It is the only form we have to give security to citizens and citizens". "I think it is wrong to reopen with the doubt of too high a percentage of risk - explained Zingaretti - it is also a form of protection of our production system. The theme is obviously to reopen but do it with a sufficient level of safety, aware that without a vaccine zero risk does not exist, but we can still do a lot. Regional ordinances will be the effect of scientific assessments made day by day ".
"On May 18, hairdressers, beauticians, barbers, beauty salons will reopen" in Puglia "all, regularly as expected", reiterates the president of the Puglia Region , Michele Emiliano, after the controversy of the opposition parties broke out yesterday evening they accused of making fun of these categories by promising them that they could reopen. The controversy came after a note in which Emiliano explained that the order for reopenings "will unfold its effects from May 18 in accordance with the national measures that will be adopted in the coming days and, above all, in full compliance with the protocols for the safety". "Evidently - says Emiliano today - someone attempted to unleash the government on Puglia, making him understand that we were doing an imprudent thing. Instead it is not so, because the rules of the ordinance that allows these activities to resume 18 instead of first of June as was initially foreseen, these are rules that have been studied by Professor Lopalco and all my technicians, together with the professionals, even with inspections within each of the structures ". "And we have identified security criteria - he adds - which are and will also be useful for the national government to reopen sooner, I hope everywhere, all these categories". "So on the 18th, you see my hair - says Emiliano ironically on his hairstyle - all to the barber, the hairdresser, the beauticians, to do the massages. I recommend you do the tax receipts because the checks will be important, and above all applied with rigor all the prescriptions I gave you in the ordinance. Good job to all of you. "
The governor of Liguria Giovanni Toti, finally, in an interview with Republic, argues that "in difficult times for the country of head shots and forcing should be avoided in every way possible, but I believe that on May 18, the expiry of the "the latest decree of the Conte government, the regions must return to exercise their prerogatives and decide on reopening. I believe the time for prohibitions is over and that of citizens' responsibility has arrived". "We are not asking to act on our own, but that the government gives us guidelines and let the regions apply them according to the socio-economic needs of their respective territories," explains Toti. Regarding the warning from scientists about possible relapses, "I have the utmost respect for scientists, who rightly warn us, but politics must summarize and calculate the risk, considering the very heavy economic situation", underlines Toti. "A country that loses ten points of GDP would not even be able to face a second epidemic wave. It is not enough to speak of indebtedness to the country, then this debt must be spent."
"The government indicates the guidelines and then each Region decides. The principle must no longer be that of prohibitions, but of rules". The governor of Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Massimiliano Fedriga , interviewed by the newspaper, asks the executive to "reopen the retail trade, and that from 18 May, at the discretion of the Regions, they can reopen all other activities. Monday, if they are already open bookstores the same can be said for a pot shop. And a week later they have to go back to work hairdressers, barbers, bars, restaurants, not just for takeaways. " "We ask the state not to pay the contribution to remedy the deficit", underlines Fedriga. "A region with a special statute such as Friuli-Venezia Giulia guarantees a series of rights in the area such as that of health. Since 2011 we have been helping the state for budgetary difficulties and we have never pulled back. At a time like this marked by the collapse we do not ask for more money in revenue, but not to pay 766 million euros on a budget of 5.683 billion. Sardinia with a budget of 7.508 billion pays 383 million ".
