Occhiuto Proposes Car Tax Abolition in Calabria, Ignores Past Proposal

Roberto Occhiuto proposed the abolition of the car tax at a national level, which he stated would lighten the tax burden on citizens. This proposal was made while he was in office as President of the Calabria Region. The current proposal reportedly ignored a previous suggestion by Pasquale Tridico to temporarily suspend the car tax in Calabria. Tridico's original proposal, made during the last regional elections, was intended as compensation for citizens dealing with inadequate infrastructure, including poor roads and ongoing construction sites.

The political context involves Occhiuto making a major policy shift five years into his regional government. Critics noted that before proposing the tax abolition, Occhiuto should have explained why he was not pursuing the tax suspension idea that the M5S had previously put forward during the last regional elections.