In Sicily, the Schifani government is born and Forza Italia is divided. Thus began the new legislature on the island, with a divided center-right, and not only because of the internal fracture in the blue house but also because of the tensions registered in the Brothers of Italy due to a totally internal clash within the party over the appointment of councillors.
Not surprisingly, the centre-right fails the first test in the Sicilian parliament: the majority falls and Nuccio Di Paolo (M5s) is elected vice-president of the Ars. In short, yesterday for the center-right was a day to shelve if it wants to embark on a five-year trajectory. Returning to FI, in the Regional Assembly of Sicily the split was consumed between two first-time forzisti: the governor Renato Schifani, and the blue commissioner in Sicily, Gianfranco Miccichè. Result: two parliamentary groups were born, provisionally called Forza Italia 1 and Forza Italia 2. The first belongs to the Schifani area and has 9 parliamentarians; the second (FI2) is instituted by Miccichè, who presented his official name and symbol, and which can count on four deputies.
At this point, there are two ways to go: either the two teams reach an agreement, or it is not excluded that the story could have legal consequences in the Court also because only one of the two new groups will be able to assume the “authorship” of the symbol. Schifani’s comment was didactic: “Each one assumes his responsibilities, the parliamentarians were elected based on the center-right program and the candidate for president Schifani, so each subject is free to decide.” The schism in FI was born in a few hours. Schifani himself admits: “I found out about it after the fact.” The governor of Sicily has not yet spoken to Silvio Berlusconi about this breach, but he seems confident: “I have not spoken to him about it. But I don’t see why my party shouldn’t support me, I’m one of the founders of Forza Italia”. And to think that yesterday was the first session of the court, convened, among other things, for the inauguration of the new councilors of Schifani.
Source: IL Tempo
Emma Fitzgerald is an accomplished political journalist and author at The Nation View. With a background in political science and international relations, she has a deep understanding of the political landscape and the forces that shape it.
