5 Star Movement and Countercurrent together, two symbols in one, to support the centre-left mayoral candidate in Messina, Antonella Russo of the Democratic Party. “A political project that we offer to the city of Messina and which is based on our common requests – says the group leader of the Cinquestelle to Ars, Antonio De Luca – The economy of this city needs a strategic plan that passes through tourism, not through investee companies, not through a 30-hour contract”.
According to Ismaele La Vardera, founder of Controcorrente, “the game in Messina is wide open, ours is not a candidacy of testimony. We will play it as protagonists. The center-right is now an indefinite jumble, including the one that supports the candidate Scurria. It is no coincidence if the prime minister goes off the deep end and at half past midnight sends a message to a deputy. They know they are at the end of a journey”. For M5S senator Barbara Floridia “we have the same DNA, we must send these people home”.
Antonella Russo underlines that “our position on the Bridge is absolutely clear, we haven’t yet understood whether ex-mayor Basile is for or against, he’s a bit here and a bit there, depending on convenience. And on the other side too, I was shocked on Saturday afternoon, not only by the small numbers. Where was the centre-right mayoral candidate? Why didn’t he show his face?”. According to Russo, Italia Viva’s position on the Bridge does not represent a problem (at the end of the conference Senator Dafne Musolino also arrived): “The position of the coalition on the Bridge is that the fact that there is some different political-personal position does not invalidate a set of values”. And on possible future regional agreements with the South calling North and Cateno De Luca, Antonio De Luca is clear: “We are antithetical to the South calling North. I’m not in the Region because I want to win the elections but because I want to change Sicily. I’m not in favor of anyone who takes on everyone, who one day is a noble father and one day is a dachshund gang. For us this is a discussion closed.”