On the first day of consultations, the center-right is confident. The strong abstention registered in both Lazio and Lombardy, where Francesco Rocca and Attilio Fontana are among the most popular presidential candidates by bookmakers, is not surprising, even though all leaders have invited citizens to go to the polls. Starting with Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, who arrived at the polling station at the Bachelet Institute, in the Torrino district of Rome, at lunchtime. “Voting always makes a difference. With 5 minutes of your time you can choose the next 5 years for your region”, wrote Meloni on Twitter, wishing a “good vote” to the citizens.
No Prime Minister nominations, while Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini used social media to express support for Rocca and Fontana. “I’m sure there will be excellent results”, commented the secretary of the League during an interview in Florence, on the sidelines of the naming of the viewpoint in piazzale Michelangelo in honor of director Franco Zeffirelli. From the centre-left, which supports outgoing councilor Alessio D’Amato in Lazio and Piefrancesco Majorino in Lombardy, the call came from the secretary of the PD Enrico Letta and the outgoing president of Pisana, Nicola Zingaretti. “I remind you that those who stay at home don’t choose, but let others choose”, is the engraving of 5 Star Movement leader Giuseppe Conte. The grillini competed with the dem for Pirellone while at Lazio they presented an independent candidacy, that of the journalist Donatella Bianchi. Already in Milan, from the polling station in via Ruffini where Silvio Berlusconi voted, the blue coordinator Licia Ronzulli perceives “an air almost of return. I feel that there is a desire to return to vote for Forza Italia », sibylline commented while the Cav, outside the voting section, did not give up a joke with reporters. “I voted for Inter,” he joked. Then the call not to defect at the ballot box.
“I would like to remind all citizens of Lombardy and Lazio – said Berlusconi – that voting is not just a right, it is also and above all a power that gives citizens the possibility of choosing who they want to be governed by. Whoever does not vote is not a good citizen and is not a good Italian». At Lazio, the candidates fulfilled their civic duty in the early afternoon. Rocca alla Camilluccia, D’Amato in the Labaro district and Bianchi in the Farnesina area. Rosa Rinaldi of the Popular Union of Pigneto. Sonia Pecorilli, for PCI, is also among the candidates for the race. In Lombardy, Fontana voted in Varese, while Majorino in Milan, in the Porta Romana area. Seat in the center for Letizia Moratti (third pole) while the Popular Union candidate, Mara Ghidorzi, voted in Corsico, her municipality of residence.
Source: IL Tempo
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