People have been lining up since 8 a.m., shaking hands and laughing. Even outgoing mayor Graziano Milia and his challenger Roberto Matta, among the first to arrive at City Hall today on the first day of filing their electoral lists for the local elections of June 7 and 8, with a possible runoff election a fortnight later. And among the curious things is the support for Milia from his former "enemies" who challenged him for the mayor's seat of Quartu in 2020: Christian Stevelli, Francesco Piludu, and even Francesco Pandolfi.
Nine lists in total, with approximately two hundred and fifty aspiring city councilors, are in the civic coalition of outgoing Mayor Milia: administrators from the expiring council, but also new faces, and some returning after years of absence from City Hall. The civic coalition's lists were all presented today: Milia Mayor, For Quartu, Avanti, Greens and Left Ajò, Civic Pole United in Movement, Autonomist Federalists and Liberal Democrats, Citizens for Flumini and Quartu Sant'Elena, Democratic Pact for Quartu, and Civic Movement.
This bureaucratic hurdle was also overcome by Roberto Matta, the mayoral candidate supported by the Tourism and Progress list, with its twenty-eight candidates, almost all new to the city's political landscape: entrepreneurs, healthcare workers, teachers, artisans, tourism professionals, and figures from the cultural and social world. The list and symbol were deposited at City Hall late this morning.
The center-right, led by mayoral candidate Marco Porcu—aside from Sardegna 2020, FdI, and Riformatori, which submitted their ballots this afternoon—will complete the submission of their supporting lists by noon tomorrow. He is supported by twelve political groups, including parties and civic movements, resulting in six lists vying for the "change of pace" used as the coalition's slogan.
