The center-right closes united on the same stage. Elly Schlein e Giuseppe Conte they don’t even touch each other, which is a bit of a plastic representation of the internal divisions of the so-called wide field. The Lucanian psychodrama, which took place over the choice of candidate, was only the appetizer of the judicial chaos that would occur in a few weeks and which would have had Puglia as its epicenter. The yellow-red-green centre-left, therefore, arrives at the meeting in Basilicata fresh from days of arguments. He travels united, but not too much (Azione and Italia Viva went with the centre-right) and it is by no means a given that he will be able to defeat the extended centre-right led by the outgoing Vito Bardi.
BASILICATA ELECTIONS – RESULTS – REGIONAL SUMMARY
“I think I will exceed 50 percent”, predicted the Forzista candidate on the eve of the vote during the program ‘Un giorno da pecora’. An optimism reinforced by the choice of Carlo Calenda e Matteo Renzi to support him at the expense of the challenger Piero Marrese: Dem representative, president of the province of Matera. A candidate who arrived after a series of twists and turns with tragicomic features.
Initially the candidate was supposed to be the patron of the white cooperatives Angelo Chiorazzo of the Basilicata Casa Comune movement, but the reticence of part of the dem and the skepticism of the M5S led the yellow-red tandem to focus on the outsider Domenico Lacerenza. A well-known and respected ophthalmologist, but foreign to politics and, above all, unaware, according to him, of the plots that were leading towards his race: “I found out a few hours before the news became public knowledge. As I was leaving the hospital, as I do every day, after having undergone eight surgeries, the phone call came to me.”
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But the ophthalmologist’s candidacy survived a few hours. In fact, Lacerenza soon discovers that his figure does not meet the approval he expected despite the pact at the highest levels signed between Conte and Schlein. Above all, the Lucanian base of the dems is not enthusiastic, so the ophthalmologist decides to step aside: “I had given my availability, but I cannot fail to note the reactions that occurred afterwards”. So Chiorazzo returns to the field, having in the meantime taken a step aside to favor convergence on a unitary candidate. But the five-star skepticism remains and so in extremis the dems propose Piero Marrese. Chiorazzo withdraws his candidacy again and the M5S accepts. The president of the province of Matera is therefore the candidate of the centre-left in mini format, i.e. without Azione and Italia Viva who in the meantime had already announced their support for Bardi.
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Thus ends the drama of the unification candidate in Basilicata. On the contrary, the centre-right did not have too many doubts about Bardi’s reconfirmation, except for a few sparks resulting from Northern League nervousness over FdI’s no to Bardi’s reconfirmation Solinas in Sardinia. And despite the tension from a European perspective in recent days, the leaders did not miss the united appointment on the stage of the final rally in Potenza. More: the prime minister Giorgia Melonhe harshly attacked the opposing camp, responding to the sender’s criticisms launched by Schlein in recent days. In the dem leader’s sights, healthcare management at the local and national level. Without forgetting the issue of differentiated autonomy, the Northern League’s strong point and a source of embarrassment for some of the center-right regional presidents who govern in the South, caught between the ambitions of the national government and the risk of finding themselves with fewer resources to finance services , including healthcare. In this regard, Bardi’s response on Autonomy says a lot about the skepticism that circulates among the governors of the South: “I will never vote for an Autonomy bill against the interests of Southern Italy and Basilicata. I will evaluate: if the promises on essential performance levels are kept I will agree, otherwise not”.
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