The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Infrastructure and Transport, Matteo Salvini, has appointed the lawyer Annalisa Tardino in the position of extraordinary commissioner of the System Authority Port of the Western Sicilian Sea, which manages the ports of Palermo, Termini Imerese, Trapani, Porto Empedocle, Licata and Gela. The appointment has once again rekindled the never dormant contrasts within the government between the League and Forza Italia.

Tardino, a former MEP, was a commissioner regional of the Salvini Premier Sicily League and in his curriculum vitae does not contain any specifications and - as required by the standards in port matters for the appointment of a president of the Authority of the Port System, but not of an extraordinary commissioner of a Port Authority - «Proven experience and qualification in the transport and port economy sectors', if not participation in the work of the committees at European level for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries and for Transport and Tourism as a substitute member.

His appointment has been formally communicated to the Region Sicilian, where it was not well received. The President of the regional authority, Renato Schifani, who is president of the national council of Forza Italia, has announced that it will appeal The appointment measure before the Administrative Court regional.