Palermo Mayor Leoluca
Orlando on Friday snubbed a visit by Premier Giuseppe Conte to a
school in the city in protest at the government axing a
programme with funds for the outskirts of cities.
Conte said he disagreed with Orlando's move and promised that
funding for the city outskirts projects would be found.
"If the mayor thinks this and does not receive his premier
that is up to him," Conte said.
"But you have to be fair.
"Yesterday I worked until late at night with around 20 mayors
from (local authorities association) ANCA and I don't recall
Mayor Orlando's face being there.
"We have worked hard and found a solution with respect to a
measure that was unconstitutional.
"What's more, I have guaranteed a way to regain the funding.
"If Mayor Orlando has projects in mind that he has not
realised, that's not my fault".
Sicilian Governor Nello Musumeci also missed the event
because something unexpected came up.
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