“A mayor is required to apply and others enforce the law even when he doesn't share it. This is an element that lies at the basis of the role of mayor and which is at the basis of the democratic and institutional architecture of our country. The safety decree is a state law and, Therefore, mayors must respect it. Of course, this does not mean that criticism or negative judgments cannot be expressed, but I repeat, the law must be respected. It is our role that imposes it on us and it could not be otherwise“.
Pavanello then stated that: “Discussion and not disobedience is the basis of democratic dialectics, which is why I agree with the words of President Decaro who called for the establishment of a table to try through dialogue to find possible shared solutions and corrective measures to the decree“.
For the president of Anci Veneto, the problem should not be approached as a political battle, but we must look at the interests of the municipalities and mayors who every day find themselves having to deal with the management of migrants and security. “In the past, mayors have been left alone in the management of the immigration emergency which was not their responsibility, but which unfortunately was dumped without half measures on the Municipalities and consequently on the territories and communities with the real risk of social tensions“, Pavanello said.
Words that come like a cold shower towards the mayors' uprising and which reaffirm an essential principle of law: the law must be applied. A concept already mentioned too by illustrious constitutionalists and which should always be kept in mind by those who are at the head not of a list or a party but of a public administration.
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