Dense, the great frost in the center-right: Lega and Fratelli d’Italia also divided in the defeat

From the smell of victory that reigned on the eve of the vote on the wave of timidly positive polls, there is no longer a trace in the electoral commission of Raffaele Fitto, the candidate that the center-right with the Brothers of Italy has put back on the field to win one. from the center-left forts. Already in the first ballot at the exit, the frost falls on the two hotel rooms decorated with Fitto’s explosions and chosen as the site of a victory that is felt to fade with each projection. And the candidate prefers not to be seen.

From head to head at three in the afternoon, from 46 to 40 of the first screening to 47 to 39 of the second, the air becomes thinner. Marcello Gemmato, the alter ego of Giorgia Meloni in Puglia who coordinates the regional party that expresses the presidential candidate, makes the first statements marked by prudence. Then comes the honorable Francesco Paolo Sisto, the provincial coordinator of Forza Italia in Bari, when the first projection slides onto the screens of the electoral committee, the one that gives Emiliano 46 and Fitto 40: “But it’s only 3 percent of the sample”. Mauro D’Attis, the honorable from Brindisi who instead is the regional coordinator of Forza Italia, really does not want to smile and the anti-Covid mask helps him hide the disappointment.

In the second projection, the gap of possible defeat widens and then everyone disappears. “We await the data.” Meanwhile, we wonder about the uncertainty of the vote that it never seemed like a walk that seemed less uphill. The suspicion that the Northern League option had weight is strong. After all, the Lega chose another hotel for its electoral committee to make a difference in the victory that felt within reach. On the other hand, the distinctions in the electoral campaign, the melina of the Northern League on the election of Fitto’s candidate produced the opposite result, it was not enough for Fitto to remove the label of sovereignist.

“The game is beautiful because it is long. We trust that the large number of voters (more than 5% more than in 2015) can be a sign of the desire for change. Generally, when the numbers increase, the desire for change increases. “Sisto says. In reality, this time, even in the center-right, they knew that a high turnout, over 50 percent, would favor Emiliano.