A step forward in the disposal of past debts of public administrations. Today, in fact, the Minister of Economy Pier Carlo Padoan and the representatives of regions, provinces, municipalities, companies, professional orders, banks and Cassa depositi e prestiti, signed a Protocol which specifies the procedure to follow and the commitments of the parties involved is assumed to ensure timely payment of public administration debts.
“Since the beginning of its mandate, the government – reads the Treasury statement – has placed the objective of ensuring the payment of public administration debts at the center of its political agenda, starting with the complete disposal of past debts, which had already been started by the previous executive”.
“The Protocol, demonstrating the widespread awareness of the need for a common effort to achieve a unanimously shared objective, punctually indicates the commitments undertaken by each party. Numerous are those of the Ministry of Economy and Finance, among which we note the strengthening of supervision and monitoring activities, the strengthening of the functions of the electronic platform and the promotion of new measures to loosen the internal stability pact". Among the signatories of the protocol there are also the Abi and the Mef.
“It is the belief of all the signatories – continues the note from the Treasury – that a joint effort constitutes the fundamental and unavoidable prerequisite for effective action aimed at achieving such an important objective, fully shared by all. Furthermore, the State guarantee mechanism for the claimed credits will allow the entire process to make a significant leap in quality and to satisfy the requests of companies in the best possible way, with the involvement of the banking system and financial operators”.
