Electoral fibrillations. The return to the polls is still far away but parties and candidates are champing at the bit.
The center-left is experiencing a phase of internal divisions: the most significant concerns the Democratic Party with two different council groups in the municipal assembly, the commissionership of the provincial Federation and the request for the removal from the council of the deputy mayor Maria Locanto who is also the regional president of the party. The friction in Ely Schlein’s party ends up affecting the re-candidacy of the outgoing mayor, Franz Caruso, who governed at the head of a “wide field” that excludes only Avs. The mayor will be involved and the Democratic Party, in the end, will only be able to support his candidacy.
In the same political area there have been rumors for weeks about a possible entry into the field by Bianca Rende, already a candidate for the regional elections with Pasquale Tridico and a city councilor with “independent” positions compared to the majority.
Rumors have also been circulating for months about the possible candidacy of Francesco De Cicco, regional councilor and former councillor, who leads a civic-political movement that has two exponents in the municipal executive. De Cicco never confirmed the option, but the picture appears to be evolving.
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