After the controversy triggered by the Cgia of Mestre, which had estimated the outstanding debts of the Public Administrations to businesses at around 35 billion euros, stating that the Government would not keep its promise, Prime Minister Matteo Renzi clarified his position in a communicated.
In the various points of Palazzo Chigi's self-defense, there is talk of the system that will make it possible to check whether all the central bodies pay within 30 days. Furthermore, the note reads, “all the subjects who owe a debt to the PA are today – thanks to the agreement between the government, the banks and the Cdp – in a position to be paid. Unfortunately, they have to go through a procedure that requires credit certification on the government website. But if the operation is complicated from a procedural point of view, the concept is very simple”.
The money to pay current debts, however, has been made available: “Unfortunately, not everyone has been paid because the process requires active behavior (registration) on the part of companies. In a normal world, payment should be automatic. Unfortunately, the absurd mechanism of the past and the inefficiency of many local authorities require this procedure to be used. But the State has put itself in a position to pay all its debts”.
According to Matteo Renzi, the estimates of the Cgia of Mestre therefore contain wrong figures. According to Palazzo Chigi, “Only that portion of the public administration's debts on investments (estimated at between two and three billion euros) for which the money is there, but the the problem is compliance with the 30% deficit”.
