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The death of Jole Santelli and the next regional elections reorganize all the cards of Calabrian politics: in all probability the candidate for the Calabrian presidency of the Democratic Party will be Reggio, Nicola Irto or Giuseppe Falcomatà
The national party secretary will decide, Nicola Zingaretti. But in all probability the candidate for the presidency of the Calabria region will be from Reggio: Nicola Irto the Giuseppe Falcomatà. The first time for a candidate for governor of Reggio in the history of the center-left of Calabria.
The sudden disappearance of Jole santelli it will determine the immediate dissolution (already in the week) of the regional council with the call of new elections in the term of 60 days. If we do not arrive in time for December, we will continue voting in January. And returning to Calabria, democratic leadership is of vital importance, even more so in times of health emergency.
Inevitably, the day after I yesterday’s funeral in Cosenza and while the highest institutional authorities are paying the Governor Jole santelli the last goodbye to Funerary chamber specially installed in the Citadel of Catanzaro. (that many ask to bear the name of the president who died suddenly two days ago), the parties – especially those of the center-left, understandably less emotionally involved in the tragedy – have already begun to anticipate the new regional elections. Also because no one was prepared for such a circumstance, and it will be necessary to make decisions in a short time that usually mature with years of reasoning and discussion.
The attention of regional politics is all focused on Reggio Calabria, where a few days ago the Democratic Party picked up one of its very rare electoral successes of the last administrative with the victory of Giuseppe Falcomatà to the ballot and where he kicks Nicola Irto, the most voted in the last regional in January 2020 with more than 12,500 preferences, former president of the Regional Council in the last legislature and the only representative of Calabria in the Committee of the Regions in Brussels. The vacuum of equally authorized, popular and winning political figures in the other Calabrian provinces and the limited time available to build new projects on figures from the world of civics, all the more after the clear defeat remedied to the last regional ones by Pippo callipowill lead coalition leaders to focus their choice precisely between Bulk me Falcomatà. The only ones that today can guarantee the center-left a competitiveness to aspire to victory, which would be very important for national political structures.
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Precisely this scenario has seen waiting queries pass Falcomatà it had already started in Reggio with the parties and movements for the formation of its new municipal council. Based on the first rumors coming from the meetings in recent days, Falcomatà He seemed determined to expand, as he has tried in the past, the appointments of the new Administration to the academic world and the university, thus disappointing some big names in local politics, but he did not want to involve figures such as Klaus David me Fabio Foti, who had also obtained many votes from the mayoral candidates and who would have been available to collaborate in a “second half“Different from the first.
Now the new regional elections also complicate the work of the Mayor’s Office, with the City Council running the risk of being left without a councilor for a long time because there are many candidates for the position of regional councilor willing to ask for visibility before the short electoral campaign or to give up a position. on the council in exchange for concrete political / electoral support.
Irene Calabrò
The mayor of Reggio is forced to pay close attention to the election of the deputy mayor and if until a few days ago he was almost certain Irene Calabrò, which in any case will also confirm the responsibility of the Budget and Finance, today things are under discussion again. For the metropolitan city, the parties seem almost played with the councilor Castorina, on the basis of a numerically important electoral result, ready to get married permanently at the Palazzo Corrado Alvaro. Therefore, the choice of the municipality of Reggio Calabria seems more complicated when Falcomatà He cannot fish among his closest and most trusted friends due to the possible suspension (Severino law) in case of conviction in the Miramare case. A significant issue that the mayor will have to address taking into account that, never like in this case, the “magic circle“To be closed around yourself you must be loyal, correct, competent and able to find the right balance between the autonomy of choice and the ability to follow a precise political / administrative direction in case the suspension affects your Falcomatà.
Even more so in the case of a request for Falcomatà For the Presidency of the Calabria Region, the election of the deputy mayor will be strategic: in case of victory in the Regionals, Falcomatà He will no longer be able to act as mayor and his deputy will automatically assume office until the new municipal elections. That is why now everything is being discussed again, and the election is no longer limited only to the field of candidates and parties to the last municipal ones.
There is someone who, expressing some discontent, walking nervously in the shade of the trees in Piazza Italia or chatting sitting on the benches of Piazza De Nava, assures that the re-elected mayor has expanded horizons and focused attention on figures until a few days ago. makes unimaginable: Eduardo Lamberti Castronuovo, Mimmetto Battaglia me Riccardo mauro.
We have already talked about the well-known entrepreneur in themeeting you had with the mayor a few days after the vote, provoking her angry reaction. With a press release he attacked strong Francesco Cannizzaro, definitively distancing himself from the center-right Reggio and now he was finally able to see the dream of a lifetime fulfilled, although through a crossroads, finding himself in the mayor for a short period from the vicissitudes of others.
Mimmetto Battaglia No introduction needed: An expert and pragmatic, a seasoned Christian Democrat, over the years he has maintained excellent relationships with the managers and employees of both the Metropolitan City and the Municipality and has always played a prominent role in city politics.
Riccardo mauroFinally, he is a very good friend of the mayor, although he did not appear in the last municipal elections: he was not in the council when the Miramare scandal broke out and, therefore, he is one of the few men in Falcomatà not having to attend judicial investigations. And we’re sure you wouldn’t say “no” to your longtime friend.
The truth is that the regional political situation will extend Reggio’s election time. And the Municipality will be without the new administration for a long time, despite the fact that two weeks have passed since the vote. The election of the Democratic Party on the candidate for the Presidency of the Region will also be decisive for Palazzo San Giorgio, with the almost certainty that Reggio will return to the center of Calabrian politics. And the not too fanciful hypothesis that even the center-right decides to start over from Jole santelli and the figures closest to her. And that’s why always Reggio calabria.
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