In the "shock" audios he described the electoral tours he would have made in the Sardinian towns in the company of six "very beautiful" women. A company who - according to the details he confided, which outraged part of public opinion - would have worn provocative clothes, including leopard prints and tight fabrics. But Pietro Pinna, candidate for the Regional Council in the last elections with Rotondi's DC (centre-right) in the Gallura constituency, breaks his silence on the issue with a letter, giving his version of the facts. He has never denied the "paternity" of the recordings, although the echo of the news and the subsequent interpretations surprised him: "It was a joke made for a friend, thinking it was such ." Below is Pinna's text:
«Having concluded the electoral campaign and having acquired the certainty that the new president of the Sardinia Region will be Dr. Alessandra Todde, I would like to express my thoughts in a painful and very sincere manner on what has been the object of mystification of the honor and respectability of my person. I would like to start by saying that in my life I have only ever worked, first in the service of the state, also receiving honours, and subsequently for highly reliable and honorable people as a consultant.
The idea of joining a serious political project intended to "get involved" for the good of our beloved island was taken with seriousness and commitment, trying to listen and convey the desire to convince the Sardinian citizen to be voted for a serious and uncompromising commitment. During this new experience I must admit that I was approached by people unknown to me who, probably due to my total good faith, appeared to be friends and close to the project. Precisely in this context the vowel developed and originated, even considered "shock" by the press and every political party.
I must say that initially, reading my name and the content of the vowel in some articles sent to me, I thought I had been the butt of a joke by some friend; I thought that the "Cetto La Quale" style imitation that I was asked to send by a friend (thinking it was such) had then been the subject of a montage to laugh about. But no! Suddenly, despite having never gone to any political rally or scheduled meeting by having leopard-print women carry electoral saints, I found myself, in an instant, being judged against my will; condemned; subject of ferocious insults. Not only that, in such a delicate situation for the political fate of our Region, I was used in a Machiavellian manner for the personal goal to be achieved by each political party.
The most disturbing aspect of the whole story is that the content of the story was not to understand whether a candidate really brought with him phantom leopard-print women and whether he therefore really used the female body for personal and vulgar purposes. , but it was bovinely and uncritically wanted to spread it without control on social media, making the news bounce on the various newspapers with a sterile "copy/paste" of an audio immediately defined as "shock" which attributed actions never done and carried out to those in in reality, in everyday life, he is simply a decent person and a man who loves to joke about the habits and customs of the country, even mimicking a well-known comic character among friends.
I would like to add that the political experience that has just ended has made me understand how the candidate I supported, in addition to refusing any type of telephone contact (thus taking away any type of dignity from those who instead put their time and money into support him), hastily judged, precisely in order not to lose their objective, without considering that probably, the defense of their candidate and the intellectual honesty towards the voters would certainly have been more appreciated (at this point I can only add that for the Sardinians it is it was better that way).
I would like to point out, despite having done so several times, that the undersigned has always respected women in an absolute and uncompromising manner and that my personal experience and the many expressions of solidarity that I have received from the many friends who they improve my life daily. I have never been a former Carabiniere but rather a Graduate of the Carabinieri in Retirement, Victim of Duty, Silver Medal of Merit, placed in the Honor Roll of the Carabinieri.
Absolutely regretful, both for how in today's society even things that never happened are taken for granted by using them for the use and consumption of the historical and political moment in line with the needs of third parties and for how my daily life has changed for the sole purpose of satisfying other needs resorting without half measures to using my person without understanding what consequences can then be suffered and what damage can be created for no reason.
I hope that this outburst will be published and this reflection can be a warning to everyone, not excluding that my dignity and gratuitous statements will be examined by the competent authorities."
(Unioneonline/vf)