From the new management of votive lights in cemeteries to the hypothesis of casinos aboard ships, by way of the water crisis and the country’s development strategies. Repubblica Futura attacks the government and challenges the executive’s priorities, calling for resources and attention to be focused on investments and structural interventions.
“For once we want to congratulate the government — it managed, with a flash of creativity, to solve the country’s problems,” RF begins ironically in its statement. “We are not referring to the water crisis, that’s the usual August refrain with the ordinance banning garden watering and the policy statements on the water basin.”
The first jab concerns the management of votive lighting. “There are hotter topics, like the cemetery lights, with Belluzzi’s Copernican revolution. You pay a one-off fee for eternal light and AASS becomes the manager of public lighting even for the afterlife. Fair enough, this too is a topic worth addressing, but if the top institutional news from the Congress of State is the new management of cemetery lights, we’re clearly ahead of the curve” — the statement continues.
The opposition party then shifts its focus to the so-called casino-boats, directly calling out Secretary of State Marco Gatti. “The votive lights — unfortunately — go hand in hand with Marco Gatti’s casino-boats. First he denies it, then he confirms the study of a grand plan to install casinos on the white-and-blue ships sailing around the world.”
According to Repubblica Futura, the executive should instead focus more on issues related to economic development and infrastructure. “Who knows if Gatti, while studying floating casinos, has any interest in thinking about the 5-star hotel that would drive development for the gambling house located on land? Or whether the government, amid regulations on cemetery lights, has time to do something serious for the country’s development?” — the statement reads.
Considerable space is dedicated to the issue of water supply. According to RF, the ordinances adopted during periods of greatest strain are not enough; instead, a plan is needed to increase San Marino’s self-sufficiency.
“If water is needed — a very serious problem — there’s no point issuing ordinances and publicity only in August. In RF’s view, the issue should be tackled rationally, achieving water independence in whatever way is technically possible.”
Among the solutions proposed is the recovery of water through purification. “It’s time to stop sending water into Italian waterways while also paying the purification tax. We pay to import water, we pay to send it out. Investments are needed to recover water through purification and reuse it within our territory,” Repubblica Futura argues.
The movement also returns to the basin project, proposing the creation of one or more water reserves within San Marino’s territory. “The works at Torello are good, but let’s remember the basin is abroad. We need one or more smaller-scale basins within our territory, to have a minimum national water reserve.”
An alternative is also put forward regarding cemeteries. According to RF, instead of the new formula for votive lighting, the focus could have been on solar panels to power the systems — a solution that, according to the party, would have reduced both bureaucracy and costs.
“In Repubblica Futura’s view, what’s needed are real projects, real plans with real investments — not the usual promises made at press conferences or on social media,” RF states.
“Investments, solutions, attention to the real needs of citizens. Repubblica Futura believes this is the right approach to governing the country — a far cry from the government’s shambolic autumn plan, caught between cemetery lights and casino-boats,” the statement concludes.
