In Milan's urban planning investigation, Sala delays resignation with the support of the Democratic Party, but a "change of pace" is needed.
Today the Council
A decisive city council meeting . It's the one scheduled for today in Milan , where Mayor Beppe Sala will speak for the first time since the urban planning investigation that rocked the city, amid calls for the arrest of politicians, businessmen, and architects, and which has even seen the former manager "lent" to politics under investigation.
Barring any major surprises, Sala will remain in his post. This decision reflects the support of the Democratic Party delegation, which met with Sala on Sunday to discuss his political direction for the next two years of his mayoral term.
The Democratic Party's metropolitan secretary Alessandro Capelli , his regional counterpart Silvia Roggiani , and the city council group leader Beatrice Uguccioni marched to the mayor's home. The party's request to the mayor was to continue, but with a focus on change and discontinuity . The focus over the next 24 months must be on social and environmental issues, to revitalize the administration, which is clearly struggling following the documents uncovered by the Milan Public Prosecutor's Office's investigation into urban planning.
In recent days, it emerged that Sala had prepared two speeches for today's Council meeting, beginning with the same words but ending differently: one confirmed his continued tenure despite the "Palazzopoli" investigation, which has him under investigation; the other confirmed his resignation as mayor. In light of yesterday's meeting with Democratic Party delegates, it seems more likely that Sala will choose to remain in the mayor's seat, despite the "change of pace" requested by the party.
This disruption would also involve one of Mayor Sala's most important projects overseen in recent months: the future of the Giuseppe Meazza San Siro stadium , home to AC Milan and Inter Milan, and the surrounding area. Sala had intended to present the resolution for the sale to the city council by the end of July, but the investigation has complicated his plans, and the Democratic Party (PD) wants to slow down the process, preventing it from being overwhelmed by the debate surrounding the prosecutor's investigation.
However, these timings are crucial for the project to sell the stadium nicknamed "Scala del calcio": on November 10th, a protection restriction on the second tier will come into force, which would prevent the stadium from being sold.
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