Gianfranco Miccichegroup leader of the Mixed Group in the Sicilian Regional Assembly, joins the Movement for Autonomy (Mpa) of Raffaele Lombardo and merges into the movement group at the ARS. “Forza Italia – says the former president of the ARS – remains my national reference, I helped found it with Silvio Berlusconi and it will always remain in my DNA. The FI conceived in Sicily by Berlusconi no longer exists. There is no longer any trace of that liberal party that for years has promoted true democratic values. I do not identify with a party that cannot even discuss civil rights, just think of what happened recently in the city council in Palermo”.
“Raffaele Lombardo’s MPA is the most coherent choice for those like me who have worked for Sicily and its autonomy – continues Miccichè -. A clear agreement at a crucial time for the future of autonomy. I will carry forward with determination the line of the group that is part of the government majority with the hope of being able to improve its proposals. I am certain that, if President Berlusconi were still among us – he concludes -, he would have understood and encouraged this path, seeing it as a necessity to face the challenges that our territory must face today”.