The clear victory of the “No” in the urban area re-motivated the centre-left. And the major party in the “broad field” is trying to reorganize its ranks.
The provincial secretary, Matteo Lettieri, has resigned into the hands of the regional coordinator, Nicola Irto, and a successor will have to be designated in the coming weeks.
A successor who could be indicated by the Dem assembly as part of the party would like. Some, however, argue that a commissioner could be appointed to test this delicate phase. In the province of Cosenza we vote in important municipalities such as Castrovillari and San Giovanni in Fiore and the appointment with the polls cannot be underestimated, nor can we risk arriving there with a divided political formation. The defeat suffered in the provincial elections, with the election of the mayor of Montalto, Biagio Faragalli to the detriment of the mayor of Bruzio, Franz Caruso, still stings.
The “wide field” that leads the capital city still has to deal with a latent fracture regarding relations with the Green-Left Alliance. Ferdinando Pignataro, regional leader of the Italian Left, took a critical position in the consultations called to elect the president of the intermediate body and relations with the Democratic Party have not improved in recent weeks. Furthermore, Avs has no representation in the Cosenza municipal executive. In view of the May municipal elections, the line of contact between the two political forces should be re-established. Not only that: the specter of possible early national elections pushes many to believe that the center-left must be ready and, above all, united.
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