“Michele Traversa for me in politics meant everything. It is thanks to his trust that I took the first steps in the institutions, and thanks to the teachings that he knew how to give me with a few words but with his example: that of an honest, rigorous, capable man who lived politics as pure passion and as a service towards his city, his region and his people, but above all with a great sense of responsibility. It taught me that no conquest in politics is solid and lasting if it does not come through the consent, of citizens or the members of the party “.
This is what we read in a post written by Wanda FerroUndersecretary of the Ministry of the Interior, after the death of Michele Traversa, long -term politician of the Calabrian right (former president of the province of Catanzaro, mayor of the capital city, regional councilor and deputy).
Since 1993, since the time of the Quarto Colle Circolo and from that profound reflection that has led to the birth of the National Alliance, we have traveled a long way together. Never a different vision, never one day divided. It was a visionary: he saw the future, he imagined the change, he made it with work, commitment, the ability to involve everyone around a goal. The realization of the Biodiversity Park, which I hope will be able to bring its name, is only the most symbolic result of a life spent to achieve important works for the community. He was loved by everyone, because he was a concrete and pragmatic person but also close to people, everyone respects him and admired him, even the political opponents who have never been enemies. The Italian right, not only Calabrian, loses one of its most important representatives. Intelligent, acute, far -sighted, capable of creating bonds and communities. There are few politicians capable of leaving a profound mark in the history of the community as it was for Michele Traversa, who today joins the many who contributed to the dream of realizing with consistency and sacrifice the dream of a right of government “.