Riccio: "A city sinking in decay and administrative disasters, and they think about the Pride: a slap in the face to the people of Catanzaro"
“Catanzaro is on its knees. The streets are in pitiful condition, the port is abandoned, the bridge at the Lido has been at a standstill for years, the city is emptied, devoid of prospects and completely disillusioned by a City Administration that has never been up to the task. And while citizens struggle every day with poor services and decay, the City Hall organizes press conferences to launch a Pride in 2026. It is a slap in the face to the city and an insult to the intelligence of the people of Catanzaro.”
This was stated by Eugenio Riccio, Leader of the Lega party in the Catanzaro City Council, harshly commenting on the presentation of the “Road to Pride” initiative, held today at Palazzo De Nobili in the presence of the President of the City Council, an assessor, and a city councilor.
“This is an Administration that has completely lost touch with reality – Riccio continues –. Faced with a city at a standstill, where even the smallest works remain unfinished for years, they decide to support an ideological, useless, and provocative event. Far from being a right: this is yet another attempt to instill so-called fluid thinking into the institutions, where everything is indistinct, confused, and deconstructed. A cultural drift that has nothing to do with the real problems of the city.”
Riccio emphasizes how this initiative is the reflection of a deep administrative void:
“The Pride, in this context, becomes the symbol of an administration that no longer knows what to propose except events loaded with ideology, with the intent of diverting attention from the daily disaster. There is no vision, no project, no future: only the attempt to impose a narrative that does not belong to our community.”
And finally, the political warning:
“If this gimmick is not withdrawn, we will be in the square, together with those citizens who want respect, seriousness, common sense, and concreteness. Catanzaro cannot be turned into the stage for cultural and social experiments foreign to its identity. The city needs jobs, security, infrastructure. Not useless events born from the ideological propaganda of a few.”