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UDINE Some sandwiches, a caprese and for some a lasagna. Tables full, about fifteen people in total. Some sitting alone. Others in groups, involved in friendly conversations. But it is not a file photo, it is an image taken on May 6 during the lunch of the regional council of Friuli Venezia Giulia, which had met in the Udine office, chosen because the one in Trieste did not foresee the possibility of spacing. An image that quickly went viral on social networks and that outraged many people. “But how? The mask rule applies to ordinary mortals, politicians do what they want. ” This is one of the comments we read on the web.
The mea culpa
In a few hours (and hundreds of messages), the lunch break that doesn’t follow the rules has become a political case in a region that has asked the government to allow retail activities to open as early as 11 May, a wish repeatedly confirmed by Governor Massimiliano Fedriga. The first to do the mea culpa is Francesco Russo, vice president of the regional council at altitude Pd. With a long publication, yesterday he assumed his responsibilities, apologizing for not having returned home: he lives in Trieste. “But it doesn’t matter,” he wrote on Facebook. “The policy must be even stricter than that of the citizens and if there is a rule it must be respected. So, if I violated a rule, and I tell those who are on duty, I am ready to pay the fine». However , the fines are unlikely to be paid by the group of politicians (it should be noted: out of 49 councilors, fewer than twenty can be seen in the photo.) In fact, the report should have been signed at the time of the violation.
“Don’t overdo it”
Furthermore, what happened on the terrace of the Via Sabbadini headquarters, that of the “San e Nostran” bar, did not leave Pier Mauro Zanin, president of the board of directors of Forza Italia, indifferent. He was not present (he skipped lunch), but he was “responsible” for the takeaway: he had organized half-hour shifts, dividing the directors according to the last name initials. “They should have eaten on the street or on their feet,” he says now. “But respect for the norm depended on everyone’s conscience. However, I must specify that we are in Phase 2, the rules must be respected but we must not exaggerate. Rather, I would highlight that after the first infection (Councilor Igor Gabrovec of the Democratic Party, ed) No one else has been infected with Coronavirus among those who work in the Region: neither politicians, public officials nor collaborators. We’ve been working remotely seriously for these two months and I don’t want this episode to overshadow our efforts. ”
May 8, 2020 (change May 8, 2020 | 20:35)
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