But will ten months really pass before we see some moves on the political chessboard of Palazzo Zanca? Many are asking this question, inside and outside the walls of the town hall, inside and outside the party borders of South calls North, after the meeting set by the leader Chain De Lucawho has essentially returned to silence after his public outings at the end of June and the beginning of July. The new role of “shadow mayor” – we cannot find another way to define the “greater presence” in the city alongside the real mayor, Basile – is worn, for now, in the shadows, precisely. Behind the scenes. Letting an apparent calm shine through that, however, is not all that convincing.
Many think that something is cooking and that the ten-month deadline indicated by De Luca himself upon his return from his post-election retreat in Fiumedinisano – in ten months, among other things, the top management of the participating companies will have to be renewed – is purely indicative. Something could happen sooner, in short. Also because within the party – and not only because of the electoral dynamics of the European elections – someone expected that signals would be given, with concrete actions and changes, right from the start.
But De Luca’s decision to “return” to Palazzo Zanca, in a role that has yet to find a legal form (will he be appointed expert soon?), has suggested to the former mayor and leader of Sud chiama Nord to opt for the wait-and-see approach. Behind closed doors, however, some precise messages have been launched, especially within the participating companies, but also within the council.
They all remain under examination, De Luca reiterated this also in the meeting of July 6 in the Hall of Flags. «Not all the team can keep up with Mayor Basile’s pace, so we need to find solutions to align everyone’s work and avoid drops in tension». Definitive solutions, like some replacements? Maybe. There are balances to be re-established and tensions to be dampened. For example, there have been complaints about a relationship that is too frayed between some departments and the associated companies that operate in the same area. A disconnect that has generated more than one short circuit. And then there are ambitions. City councilors who wouldn’t mind a seat on the council, but here too, balances and sensitivity need to be managed. An exit is almost certain, but unrelated to current events: Pietro Currò is unlikely to finish the year in the council, because that’s what it seems had been established from the beginning. And it’s more than a hypothesis that a department could go to the president of the ScN, Laura Castelli. But there are other situations in the balance, with delegations – such as the deputy mayorship – which historically, with De Luca, change “master” during the course of the work.
