Transport Minister Danilo Toninelli
on Friday said he would call on the new CEO of Ferrovie dello
Stato (FS), the Italian state railways company, to resolve
issues concerning trains in the northern part of the country.
"Lombardy commuters deserve to travel on comfortable and
punctual trains. And Trenord does not guarantee this. I will
immediately tell the new FS CEO to take action," he said in a
tweet.
"We must hold concessionaries to account," he added.
The new CEO of FS will be named by the government by July 31.
On Wednesday the minister, a leading member of the
anti-establishment 5-Star Movement (M5S), announced he had
sacked the board of FS and halted a planned merger between FS
and motorway company ANAS.
The CEO that was fired, Renato Mazzoncini said Thursday that
his dismissal as the CEO of Ferrovie dello Stato (FS) along with
the rest of the board of the Italian rail company was down to
the "decision of the new government to apply the spoils system".
"Today the company is worth 2% of the country's GDP and
employs 81,000 people directly and 240,000 indirectly," he
added.
Transport ministry sources rejected Mazzoncini's assertion,
saying the decision to fire the board was linked to the failure
to apply an ethical clause relating to the CEO position.
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