“Ciccio Cannizzaro, who is not lacking in imagination, has rewritten the electoral law, introducing the figure of the ‘deputy personal consultant of the mayor’. To explain to the people of Reggio why he imposed the candidacy of Marina and Pier Silvio Berlusconi’s lawyer in the college, he said that he needed a competent person, who knows the parliamentary mechanisms, the commissions, the ministers, a political chauffeur who would help him solve the problems of Reggio from Rome. A task that evidently no exponent Reggino of Forza Italia is able to carry out. He even dictates the duration of the assignment: six-eight months, as is done for an employee. It doesn’t matter if the lawyer Roscioli will never set foot in Reggio, the important thing is that he makes himself available to the mayor”. With this statement, the former president of the Regional Council of Calabria and now representative of Futuro Nazionale in Catanzaro, Domenico Tallini, intervenes in the question concerning the choice of Roscioli as a candidate for the by-elections in Reggio.
“In summary – continues Tallini – in the new electoral law which we could also call “Cannizzarium” the parliamentarian will have to have these requirements: be nominated by the mayor, reside in Rome, know the halls of power, be employed by the ‘masters’ of the party”.
“Putting aside the irony – adds Tallini – Cannizzaro’s gimmick is astonishing and sounds like an act of no confidence for the entire Calabrian parliamentary delegation of the centre-right which is evidently not carrying out its mandate as it should. If the Cannizzaro theorem were to find fertile ground, in the next elections we would find all the members of the Mediaset staff as candidates, with all due respect to the outgoing Forza Italia members”.
“The bizarre theory of our friend Cannizzaro – concludes Tallini – fortunately will have to pass the ballot box and knowing the people of Reggio very well we have the idea that the Cannizzaro proposal will most likely end up being rejected at the ballot box.
In this regard, it is enough to remember the response of the people of Reggio just a few years ago, when someone attempted to impose the Northern League mayor Nino Minicucci from above. The people of Reggio will have the opportunity to vote for an exponent of the territory, a proudly Calabrian person, a friendly face close to the people both as a doctor and as a politician, Mimmo Giannetta”.