Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is in Lent - ipsa dixit - and cannot "drown in alcohol" the disappointment over the electoral defeat in the regional elections in Sardinia ( ALL ARTICLES ).
But, irony aside, reflections on the reasons for the defeat began in the centre-right, arriving after the entire government staff - prime minister, deputy prime minister, ministers and undersecretaries - made a personal effort, putting their face to it and touring the island, to give Paolo Truzzu a sprint, in the belief that he could prevail over Campo Largo candidate Alessandra Todde . This was not the case.
And, now that the disappointing result is official, the moods and judgments of the leaders of the moderate alliance are very different than ever. How could this happen? And is it true, as conspiracy theorists hypothesize, that the Sardinian vote was the occasion for a sort of underground "test of strength" within the majority, between the League and the Brothers of Italy?
«The accusation against the League of having made Truzzu miss 5 thousand votes? But absolutely not, we wanted to win, to go back to governing. I wanted to have more regional councilors and even councillors, a split vote would have been crazy", assures Northern League member Gian Marco Centinaio , vice-president of the Senate. Adding: with Solinas in Truzzu's place "I don't know if we would have won, but with ifs and buts we're not going anywhere."
Convinced of the fact that the confirmation - as the Northern League wanted - of the outgoing governor Christian Solinas would lead the majority coalition to success is the deputy secretary of the Northern League Andrea Crippa , according to whom «you cannot catapult a candidate from Rome without listening to and knowing the territory . Especially since Salvini was in Sardinia 8 times before the vote and Meloni only once."
«We didn't expect it. We hoped that the confirmation of the unity of the coalition and the national trend would favor us", commented Maurizio Gasparri (Forza Italia) after the vote. "But it's a defeat to learn from." Regarding the candidate, adds the Italian group leader in the Senate, «it was not a mistake to change horses. It was inevitable. There was a difficult expectation. The regional government appeared to have difficulty meeting expectations and we paid for it at the polls. I don't think we would have had a better result with other choices." All in all, concludes Gasparri, «we look at the coalition result, not at the individual one. Not to mention that 5 years ago the League had an agreement with the Sardinians: it is important to always evaluate the local context. Then it is possible that the polls will hear the echo of arguments and discussions. But in the end the people vote, the parties cannot order to put the cross on this or that candidate. I understand the numerical dimension. But sometimes the right figure may not coincide with the party that gets the most votes. We always say it afterwards, maybe we should keep it in mind first."
Moving on to the “Meloni house”, according to Fratelli d'Italia parliamentarian Giovanni Donzelli , «that there was a split vote is scientific and mathematical. In Sardinia there has always been and there is more than meets the eye because there will also be those who only voted Truzzu without voting for the lists. An analysis will explain whether it was a spontaneous thing or a party-related thing.
«In Sardinia – added Donzelli – the numbers are quite clear. The coalition that supports the government is stronger in Sardinia now than in politics, it has risen from 40 to 48-49 and the opposition as a whole has fallen. So drawing a national political figure would paradoxically support the government. Then, seeing that one loses, one doesn't start saying it because evidently the territorial choice is not the one that was appreciated by the Sardinians. Therefore, objectively it is not a finding against the government."
(Unioneonline/lf)
