Rome, 1 August (LaPresse) – Whilst the permanent sit-in outside Spintime, in Via di Santa Croce in Gerusalemme, Rome, continues, discussions are ongoing with Rome City Council regarding the conditions of those left outside the building. Following a meeting at the Campidoglio, a delegation from Spintime spoke of a “fruitful dialogue” with the City of Rome administration, from which urgent action has been requested to ensure decent conditions for the approximately 200 people who, according to the organisers, have been sleeping on the streets for four days. More than 400 people were living in the building until three days ago, but thanks in part to the city administration’s assistance, the most vulnerable have now found shelter in other facilities. Among the requests put forward pending a final resolution of the issue are air-conditioned tents, showers, portable toilets, medical facilities and the establishment of a permanent round-table forum to monitor the progress of negotiations on the building’s regularisation. “The city administration has shown itself to be cooperative and willing to listen, and we hope that everything necessary to support the residents will arrive within the next few hours,” states the press release issued by Spintime. The organisers are therefore appealing to the building’s owners, asking them to conclude the negotiations initiated with the local council. “Now, maximum pressure must be brought to bear on the building’s owners. We hope that, in the face of the humanitarian crisis currently unfolding, the dialogue will continue,” reads the statement, which calls for “some concrete progress” ahead of the provincial committee meeting on public order and security scheduled for Monday. According to Spintime, the sit-in will continue until definitive solutions are found to allow the families to return to the building. “The political solution lies within the walls of Spintime, and that is where the families must return,” the statement concludes.
Rome, Spintime: ‘Constructive dialogue with the City Council; now the focus is on the property owners’
Rome, 1 August (LaPresse) – Whilst the permanent sit-in outside Spintime, in Via di Santa Croce in Gerusalemme, Rome, continues, discussions are ongoing with Rome City Council regarding the conditions of those left outside the building. Following a meeting at the Campidoglio, a delegation from Spintime spoke of a “fruitful dialogue” with the City of Rome administration, from which urgent action has been requested to ensure decent conditions for the approximately 200 people who, according to the organisers, have been sleeping on the streets for four days. More than 400 people were living in the building until three days ago, but thanks in part to the city administration’s assistance, the most vulnerable have now found shelter in other facilities. Among the requests put forward pending a final resolution of the issue are air-conditioned tents, showers, portable toilets, medical facilities and the establishment of a permanent round-table forum to monitor the progress of negotiations on the building’s regularisation. “The city administration has shown itself to be cooperative and willing to listen, and we hope that everything necessary to support the residents will arrive within the next few hours,” states the press release issued by Spintime. The organisers are therefore appealing to the building’s owners, asking them to conclude the negotiations initiated with the local council. “Now, maximum pressure must be brought to bear on the building’s owners. We hope that, in the face of the humanitarian crisis currently unfolding, the dialogue will continue,” reads the statement, which calls for “some concrete progress” ahead of the provincial committee meeting on public order and security scheduled for Monday. According to Spintime, the sit-in will continue until definitive solutions are found to allow the families to return to the building. “The political solution lies within the walls of Spintime, and that is where the families must return,” the statement concludes.
