“Domenico Giannetta’s behavior cannot be commented on – thunders Francesco Cannizzaro, regional secretary of Forza Italia in Calabria and mayor of Reggio – Choosing to join another party and, at the same time, running for the by-elections in Reggio Calabria against what until yesterday was his party, does not reflect the values of Forza Italia and our way of being and doing politics. Therefore, I feel like saying that it is not we who have lost something, but rather the opposite. Even because, in addition to having betrayed us, he has above all betrayed the Calabrian voters who just eleven months ago elected him to the Regional Council by voting for Forza Italia. He has reciprocated this trust by changing party and keeping hidden a negotiation that seems obvious to me had been going on for some time, endorsing the behavior of the king of turncoats, General Vannacci. But I am sure that the best response will be given by the people of Reggio who will be voting in a month, expressing their political disgust for those who still think of doing politics with these methods one might say, at this point, it is better to lose certain subjects than to find them”.
An hour earlier, the President of the Region, Roberto Occhiuto, had intervened: “From now on Domenico Giannetta is outside the centre-right majority of the Calabria Region. My regional government has nothing to do with whoever chooses Roberto Vannacci. As for the general, I would advise him not to be too boastful. We will see on the evening of September 28 which will be the winning party and which will be the rancid one”.