Comunali, the strange case of Trapani where the center-left mayor wins thanks to the Northern League – Corriere.it

The Trapani case: a centre-left candidate becomes mayor also thanks to the support of a civic list made up of members of the Northern League. one of the most curious stories to come from this round of administrative elections. The scenario of this unprecedented alliance, unofficial but which proved to be decisive, Trapani – one of the capital cities in which the vote was taken in Sicily. A challenge on which even the exit polls are definitely wrong, in fact, from the first projections Trapani was assigned to the center-right coalition with a candidate for mayor from FdI.

The real votes, on the other hand, overturned the first projections in a clear way, the centre-left candidate Giacomo Tranchida (supported by ten civic lists and no party symbol) after a head-to-head match prevailed with more than five points over the centre-right candidate Miceli . Tranchida, the outgoing mayor, was confirmed in the first round. He didn’t even need a runoff like Possamai in Vicenza. In the ambit of the electoral triumph of the Melonian-driven center-right in the administrative elections, Tranchida is one of the few exceptions.

The affirmation of the political and civic mayor at the same time. The exponent of the Democratic Party ran without party symbols, but despite his personal strength he had the ability and humility to build a vast alliance in which there were exponents of the center-left and the moderates. In his lists, local representatives of the Democratic Party and the League have run. And here is one of the keys to success. In Trapani and its province the strongest politician is a Catholic-centrist named Mimmo Turano. much appreciated by his fellow citizens who vote for him regardless of the party in which he is a member. When he passed to Salvini’s League, in the Trapani area they still confirmed him as a regional deputy. Conscious of the electoral strength of Turano, the centre-right candidate Miceli (a true Melonian) had immediately posed the problem at a regional and national political level by asking that the Trapani League not support the outgoing centre-left mayor Tranchida. And he had obtained the official support of Turano (who, it should be remembered, the regional councilor for public education in the Schifani government) on the centre-right.

The political paradox Turano had guaranteed support for Miceli, but his men supported the mayor of the centre-left with a list Trapani yours which was decisive with the percentage of 8.72%. The gap between the two candidates was 5% (42.27% was the percentage achieved by the winner Tranchida). The center-left mayor will also have an absolute majority in the city council. The drag-and-drop effect of lists is fundamental in Sicily, where you win in the first round by exceeding the 40% threshold. The position of Turano who failed to convince many of his followers to vote for the right-wing candidatebut insiders know well the charisma of the Catholic-centrist.

Turano, the same politician who made national headlines for having proposed to a Sardinian teacher to become his consultant after the case of prayers in the classroom. admirer and friend of the president of the Sicilian CEI, Bishop Antonino Raspanti. What is the solution of the Turano case? the mayor himself confirmed Tranchida to explain how things stand. Your Trapani list (with many men close to Turano himself) led by the outgoing councilor Bongiovanni has made a significant contribution: He was already with me and had shared the government action and I am happy with the loyalty they have shown, but I think the result is for everyone.

The regional secretary of the Democratic Party, Anthony Barbagallo, faced with the general defeat of these administrations in Sicily, which follows the sensational dbcle at the Regionals with Chinnici as a candidate (Democratic Party MEP who recently joined Forza Italia) tried to sweeten the bitterness by highlighting Tranchida’s performance and spoke of chiaroscuro results on the island. However, the mayor immediately clarified her position on the Democratic Party who did not present the symbol in support of her: I reason with my head and with my ideas, I have no godparents or masters, including those of the Democratic Party. The data that emerges that Tranchida speaks and deals with concrete things, wins the votes of the left, moderates and Catholics, does not refer to Schlein’s political language. Another significant fact: in no major challenge in Sicily have the 5 Stars been decisive.

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