Lombardy Welfare Councilor Giulio
Gallera said Thursday he was "disgusted by political looting"
after Lombardy's request to reopen many productive activities
after the coronavirus lockdown ends came under heavy fire.
Gallera said he was "embittered" by the attacks from the
local centre-left opposition and the press, which said Lombardy
was being hasty.
Gallera also said, on claims that Lombardy's had been slow to
respond to the virus, that "hindsight is an easy game for those
who stood and watched.
"We were in the trenches, and we still are".
Lombardy has been by far the hardest-hit of Italy's regions,
accounting for over half of the more than 20,000 victims.
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