“Calabrian health had been left in rubble by the commissioners appointed by the Conte government and by the Democratic Party: from Cotticelli that the Covid plan is lost, to Zuccatelli who claimed that the virus was transmitted only after fifteen minutes of kisses with the language, up to Longo, a good person but without health skills. In these four years I have worked to reconstruct and today we have created the conditions for the exit from the commissioner. already from the coming weeks “. With these words, the former president of the Calabria Region, Roberto Occhiuto, opened the presentation of the South List called Nord in support of his candidacy for the regional elections of 5 and 6 October. Occhiuto spoke of a “strategic alliance not only for the South but for the entire national center -right”, capable of enhancing administrators and mayors “who demonstrate how even in the South there are excellence in the management of public affairs”. A model, he added, who in Sicily “is already rooted” and that in Calabria “can become a strong point for the future of the center -right”.
Next to him, the southern leader calls North and mayor of Taormina, Cateno De Luca, explained the reasons for the choice: “Our support for Roberto Occhiuto was born from the esteem for a man of doing, capable of determining a change in a difficult land, often used as a politician of politics. It is a choice that goes beyond political nuances, because we are talking about an administrator who has decided to remain in the area, assuming risks and responsibilities”. De Luca then underlined the line of the movement: “The alliances are made on content and on men and women capable of implementing them. We are pragmatic, accustomed to administering and making the municipalities functioning, and these are the characteristics that we consider fundamental”.
The president of the Movement and former deputy minister of the economy, Laura Castelli, also intervened at the Country “https://calabria.gazzettadodelSud.it/articoli/politica/2025/09/22/Allenza-tra-occhiuto-de-do-luca-la-acalabrese -the-set-in-the-in-macery-from-comissari-nominati-dal-government-con-and-and-pd-a693663-Dfa2-453d-B624-DBB0913BC151/. “This – added Castelli – It is an important political moment for us, and the presence of Cateno De Luca and Roberto Occhiuto, two administrators who have shown that they can reform with courage and innovation, marks the beginning of a path that will be able to open new collaborations.