As “shabby” Christmas trees became a cause of contention

Consumer advocates accused the city authorities of inefficient expenditure of public funds

On the Piazza Venezia square in Rome dried up 20-metre Christmas tree, installed about two weeks ago. The situation failed to fix even the bright balls and garlands, writes The Guardian.

Group of protection of the rights of consumers Codacons suspects the power of Rome in the inefficient expenditure of public funds, and requires you to do an investigation, write the Italian media. Codacons filed an application to the local audit chamber to check the spending of taxpayers ‘ money on spruce. “Spruce is clearly dead and is a shameful sight for the citizens and tourists”, — said Codacons.

In addition, the initiative group needs to remove the spruce from the area. As writes The Local citing sources, the city authorities are going to leave Christmas tree. “It is clear that Spelacchio (“shabby” — ital.) can’t stay on Piazza Venezia in this state, it is urgently necessary to clean, — said the President of Codacons Carlo Rienzi. In the interests of the city it is better to have a square without a tree than with a dry, balding, a dying tree, making Rome a world laughing stock”.

December 18 the power of Rome acknowledged that the Christmas tree has withered. As according to Il Messaggero, during the preliminary investigation by the Roman authorities found that fir correctly covered prior to transport, it was the cause of death of a tree. For the carriage of a tree, the authorities of Rome paid about 50,000 euros. The fir tree brought from the forest, located on the border with Austria (700 km from Rome).

Residents of Rome have been actively discussing the problem in social networks using the hashtag #Spelacchio. I created a Twitter account, it has been signed by more than 4,700 people. In turn, the newspaper Corriere della Sera wrote the obituary, which States that “Christmas tree did not live to see Christmas.” Some Romans blamed in this situation, the mayor of Rome Virginia Raja.

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