«The appeal for unity addressed to the coalition has transformed into an appeal for unity addressed to the entire city that has told us something very clear, that is, that we must overcome the differences and also the divisions in the exclusive interest of the city ».
These are the first words of Emiliano Fenu as mayor of Nuoro . The M5s deputy, candidate of Campo largo, obtained a landslide victory in the first round, taking more than double the votes of Giuseppe Luigi Cucca, head of the center-right civic lists.
Fenu obtained 62.95%, Cucca 25.91%, Lisetta Bidoni 8.94%, Domenico Mele 2.2% .
Fenu, flanked by Alessandra Todde, met with journalists at his electoral headquarters: «I thank the entire coalition - he began - because with courage and responsibility from the beginning they have shown that they believe in the project that thinks first of all of the city and that puts it back at the center as it deserves to be in the regional context ».
A thought for the defeated: «I also thank my political opponents who, even with some liveliness, conducted an electoral campaign with me in the spirit of respect and correctness».
Thanks also to President Todde "for the support she has given me and us since the beginning and for all the attention she has given me. I was surprised above all by the strong participation that there was among the citizens of Nuoro and I was surprised by the fact that many Nuoro citizens who live outside decided to return just to express their vote and give confidence to our city".
«Nuoro – he concluded – can be, and we must commit ourselves to ensure that it is so, a model not only for the centre-left field, for the wider field, for what it will also be in the next national elections, but it can also be a model for the rest of the country , a model of rebirth of local communities».
Fenu received compliments from Alessandra Todde and the national leader of the M5s, Giuseppe Conte. "Nuoro chooses to start again with Emiliano Fenu, an authoritative and capable mayor - the Sardinian president wrote on social media - Emiliano won. Because his seriousness is recognized and respected by everyone. Because he doesn't need slogans, what is needed to speak are facts, the concreteness that distinguishes him. My greatest compliments and best wishes for good work go to him, full of trust and esteem. This is also, and above all, a political victory. After the regional elections, Nuoro also confirms the strength of the progressive camp : a united, solid, coherent coalition. Go Nuoro, let's start again together".
"The 5 Star Movement in Sardinia elects its first mayor and does so with a progressive coalition, the same one that governs Sardinia ", the words of Giuseppe Conte . "Congratulations to Emiliano, the people of Nuoro are with you. And thanks to our Alessandra for her love, commitment and infinite passion. Sardinia, today even more so, is in excellent hands. Full speed ahead!".
"A clear victory, which closes a political phase and opens another", the Democratic Party exults instead. "A clear choice by the Nuoresi and the Nuoresi, who have rewarded a serious project, built with method and vision . The Democratic Party has believed from the beginning in the need to unite, to work for a broad and reformist field capable of giving concrete answers to a city that has been waiting for an administration that meets its needs for too long. This victory is also the fruit of collective work, of a campaign without shortcuts, with meetings, listening and a credible proposal. All we have to do is govern. We will do it with the same approach with which we built this candidacy: with seriousness, without proclamations, and with the utmost sense of duty. Thanks to those who have placed their trust in us. Now we get to work".
(Unioneonline/L)