“With Salvini? Excellent relationships, it is among the best ministers for infrastructure and on Sicily it has always invested ». The blunt incursion of the party companion Giorgio Mulè against the regional government? “Summer fires, even children of the holidays, with the newspapers that, having little to write, emphasize jokes and declaration”. Renato Schifani wears the firewife uniform to turn off the political bonfires on – without his knowledge – by his friend Mulè and by the minister Salvini. And it does so in Ragalna, a new living room of government power in homage to the “feudal lord” of national politics, the president of the Senate, Ignazio La Russa, and to his “vassal” Gaetano Galvagno, both with roots in the village at the foot of the Etna. Thus the president of the region, with an evangelical posture, avoids the impact and chooses via “Calati junco ca passes the china” to defuse the mined field in which he risked finding himself isolated. The same regional commissioner of Fratelli d’Italia, Luca Sbardella, had pointed out that an appeal to the Tar against an ally, in this case Annalisa Tardino appointed by Salvini at the top of the port authority of western Sicily, is not exactly coalition manual. So Schifani caught the signals of fire and returned to his sweetened steps to mend the tears: “With Matteo Salvini I have always worked and I also recognized him to be among the best ministers to the infrastructures”, observed the governor interviewed at the Etna Forum.
«If anything, there may be – he added – do not share, but this does not question our relationship. I respect the Tardino lawyer, but we have shown the non -sharing on this appointment, which was asked for me for the authority of Messina, but not for that of Palermo ». Schifani reconstructs the plot: «In July I wrote to the minister to tell him that it was necessary to give a technical continuity on the after Monti, but I had no feedback except the appointment, in August, of the commissioner. But it is also right to cover technical roles for ports, airports and trains are people with specific skills and preparation ».
The President of the Region reveals that he was ready to open the doors of his government right to Tardino.
On the Forza Italia front Renato Schifani must resort to Zen practices to dilute the tones and avoid the “hand -to -hand” with Giorgio Mulè, who had even ventilated his candidacy in Sicily in 2027, disrupting the governor’s plans. But even in this case Schifani wanders the obstacle, minimizes and holds his irritation: «We have introduced more democratic congress rules with the direct election of regional coordinators. It was a turning point, and like all turns, when you change, there may be competitions. I hope that this does not open the doors to external controversies, that we compare against the conferences. The internal oppositions brought outside do not benefit, not only to citizens and militants, but to the image of the party ». Reaction measured, in the wake of a containment tactic which, however, is not synonymous with weakness. Because the President of the Region has its “Jolly” to play. And they are heavy axes, as the South Tyrol of La Russa shows the maneuvers against the regional government: «With Renato Schifani an ancient and current friendship binds me. Not only political but also human. He is working very well. And be careful: both the mayors and governors need to plan for ten years, because otherwise they must find one who knows how to continue the work ».
An assist with Schifani’s bis. In Ragalna, however, the two presidents played at home.