«My national party remains South calls North, but from today I will deal with something else, I will carry out an even broader project that goes beyond the parties here in Sicily. A more strategic project, which we will bring to life with the Ti Amo Sicilia study center. And you will already see it in Caltagirone in the three days of 16, 17 and 18 January.”
This was stated by Cateno De Luca, founder of ScN, speaking at the regional meeting with the provincial coordinators and representatives of the Sicilian territorial committees. «To give more strength to this project – he adds – I believe it is useful to continue not having top positions within the party, so as to have free hands to build a new strategy for our Region here in Sicily: a form of Autonomy 4.0. I invite the party’s executive council to integrate, with the many valid figures present, the role of political secretary, which has now been vacant for almost a year, as I will have to dedicate myself to something else. This – explains Cateno De Luca – is also a concrete gesture on my part to ensure that the autonomist project we are working on is effectively free from the conditioning of national parties and personalism. I take this opportunity to invite all those interested in the establishment of the Liberation Government to approach it with the same spirit. This will contribute – concludes Cateno De Luca – to open a new phase, to free Sicily from legalized protection money, broadening the horizon in a plural way. To put Sicily above the parties.”
Lo Giudice: “It’s the year of responsibility and participation”
«South Call North is a living community because it is born from the daily work of the territories and its representatives. Each of you is a fundamental part of this journey and 2026 will be a decisive year: we must take on the responsibility of being protagonists, participate with conviction, involve citizens and strengthen our roots in the communities. Today we must put Cateno De Luca in a position to focus on what he does best: the strategic, administrative and political vision which represents the heart of our project.” The regional coordinator of ScN, Danilo Lo Giudice, said this at the meeting in Catania with the Region’s committees. The national president Laura Castelli underlined the value of membership and the growth of the movement: «membership renews a real commitment every year: that of building living political communities, rooted in the territories, capable of proposing concrete administrative models» and «2026 must be a year of growth, without fears. The surveys recognize our growing weight, but they are not of interest to us to celebrate ourselves: we need them to continue to aggregate energy and skills. Our goal remains only one: to concretely improve people’s lives.”
«The central theme today – said Carmelo Lo Monte – is being able to motivate people to vote again. We are proud of the good governance we express, but it alone is not enough if it does not give citizens the pleasure of participating. We must remain free and coherent, because today too many political forces no longer engage in politics, but only partisan interests. In the journey with Cateno I found an authentic idea of freedom and good governance that starts from the territories and small municipalities, where every choice really affects the lives of the citizens.» The metropolitan mayor of Messina Federico Basile closed the proceedings: «Today – he said – is not a call to arms, but an awareness of all the work that is carried out every day in small and large administrations. We know how to do this job. And it’s something that others don’t know how to do, because often they don’t even have an idea of how to really govern. Our strength is not in slogans, but in the ability to transform them into concrete results for citizens.”