Genoa, on the clash of utility of the youth mayor – Lavocedigenova.it
During the first day of work in the City Council for the approval of the Balance of the Municipality of Genoa there was also discussion of youth mayor.
Democratic Party adviser Christine Lodi he was the first to raise the issue in the courtroom, emphasizing that the mayor’s office must be an elected office. The youth mayor, on the other hand, was appointed through a call for tenders addressed to Genoese boys and girls between 15 and 35 years old.
“What is defined as mayor of the youth cannot be defined as mayor by law. There is no mayor who is not elected – dice Lodi in the Sala Rossa – Call him a consultant but he’s not a mayor. We are not angry with the boy and with his service but we want this courtroom to return to the acknowledgment that there is a democracy also with regard to young people ”.
In 2020 the City Council of Genoa unanimously voted a motion (the 117) which provided for the establishment of the Children’s Town Council as a top level body. Recalling this motion, councilor Lodi proposed to the councilor for youth policies Francesco Corso to start the constitution and foresee in the Budget the resources to support the organization of this body.
“The youth mayor is not a consultant, but a young Genoese who participated in a public call, presenting a curriculum vitae and the willingness to make himself available, completely free of charge, to the municipal administration as a “spokesperson” for his peers inside and outside Palazzo Tursi. Benedict’s choiceby the decidedly qualified commission, it proved to be far-sighted given the almost daily commitment and the great abnegation shown in recent months“this is how councilor Corso responds to the criticisms.
On the proposal to set up a Municipal Council for Children, the councilor Corso recalls that the youth council has already been present for some time and will be renewed in January.
“I remind councilor Lodi, evidently more attentive to labels than to the substance of the facts, that there is also a youth consultation which will meet and be renewed in its components in January. The current administration is doing a lot of work to put young people at the center of city government policies and, thanks also to Benedetto’s commitment, in 2023 we will have important appointments in cities of international levelstarting from the summit of the European Parliament Association of young people”concludes the commissioner.
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