the cases of Verona, Como and Palermo- Corriere.it
Voting takes place in 22 provincial capitals in the spring. The center-right had to choose the candidates in November but on the high seas. In some cities the rift is already certain
The center-right, pulverized (definition used by Giorgia Meloni) from the Quirinale trial, has little time in front of him as if to recover the lost unity. In spring there is a new electoral round: about a thousand municipalities will be called to elect a new mayor. A number that can increase over the weeks should they dissolve if some councils should be held in the meantime. In total there will be twenty-three provincial capitals, four of which also in the region (Genoa, L’Aquila, Palermo and Catanzaro). To these we must add, among other cities such as Verona, Padua, Frosinone, Alessandria, Como, Parma. In short, a good test even if there are no metropolitan realities as in the most recent session (Rome, Milan, Naples, etc.).
The timing of choices
Precisely the previous bankruptcy experience had had the center-right leaders Matteo Salvini, Giorgia Meloni and Silvio Berlusconi, to promise that the timing will be accelerated (we will decide by November) so as not to make the mistake made in Rome and Milan of declaring the candidates for mayor too much to close to the opening of the urns. Things went differently and, from r dispatch to postponement, we arrived in February still the scenario beyond being defined. Indeed, in some realities in the center-right there are major problems in identifying a shared option. On the table there are at least 3 important cases: Verona, Palermo and Como. Let’s see them in detail.
In Verona
In the city of Verona, the re-nomination of the outgoing mayor Gabriele Sboarina causes severe stomach ache in the League after the mayor, who in the past had sailed in legal waters, decided to join the Brothers of Italy. A move that did not take well on the Carroccio and which turned into a sort of bolt against re-nomination. Moreover, for weeks a former mayor of Verona like Flavio Tosi, later expelled from the League, has filled the city with his posters announcing his return to the field. His participation in the dispute risks costing the current mayor dearly and perhaps also for this reason, inside the Lega and Forza Italia, there are those who would like the coalition to converge on the name of Tosi. But a remote possibility for the old rusts in the League’s home.
A Palermo
In Palermo, however, chaos reigns in the center-right field. According to what BlogSicilia.it writes, there are twelve candidates on the field (official or self-appointed) for this deployment: Carolina Varchi and Giuseppe Milazzo for FdI; Francesco Greco, Francesco Cascio and Giulio Tantillo for Fi; Francesco Scoma, Marianna Caronia and Alberto Samon for the League; Alessandro Aric for DiventerBellissima, movement of the governor Nello Musumeci; Roberto Lagalla for the UDC, Tot Lentini for the autonomists and Saverio Romano for the Popolari. Finding a unitary synthesis, at the moment, appears to be a desperate undertaking.
In Como
In Como the mayor in office, Mario Landriscina, expression of Forza Italia, has not yet dissolved the reservation on his re-nomination, perhaps because he is aware that he is not much loved by his side. On the other hand, in November the Brothers of Italy announced the candidacy of Stefano Molinari. A choice that for after the provincial elections, where Giorgia Meloni’s party failed to elect a representative, seems to be questionable. And the dubbing on Landriscina remain.
January 31, 2022 (change January 31, 2022 | 12:01)
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