When the count, now past dinner time, has not yet reached half of the sections but when Vito Bardi has already ‘called’ victory and the challenger himself, Piero Marrese, has congratulated the President of the Region who is now just waiting for her confirmation to be official, Giorgia Meloni in turn speaks of “victory of the centre-right and of the entire coalition in Basilicata, with Vito Bardi reconfirmed president of the Region”. And she “heartily thanks all the citizens who wanted to confirm their support for our policies”.
A first analysis, or rather a snapshot of the vote, which the Prime Minister projects forward when she says that “your trust is the engine that drives us forward every day“. A consideration that goes beyond the dispute in Basilicata, a stage that extends the positive ‘streak’ of the centre-right in a period full of ‘return matches’ after the defeat in Sardinia, and in view of the all-proportional comparison of the European Championships. Meanwhile, the coalition welcomes the affirmation of the ‘collective’, extended this time to the ‘different twins’ who were unable to stay together and in fact also Matteo Renzi and Carlo Calenda, ‘members’ of the majority who the section-by-section vote certifies as the winner. they celebrate the progress of the vote.
“No sense of guilt”, assures the leader of Action. “If a capable candidate had been found as in Abruzzo, certainly” Azione would also have been in Basilicata with Pd and M5s, “but Bardi had governed well and is a moderate and popular pro-European”, he reiterates, recalling that on Azione “there was Conte’s veto”. “Great satisfaction” is expressed by Matteo Renzi “who was the first – underlines a note Iv – to support Vito Bardi also by virtue of an ancient friendship. And satisfaction – we read again – also for the good result of the list made up of young but rooted guys. Proof that the center proves crucial to winning“. And “great satisfaction” for the first data arriving also comes from the League which underlines “yet another major success of the united centre-right”.
“If I have to comment on the instant polls, the first projections, I can be very satisfied but we always have to wait for the results that come out of the polls”, Antonio Tajani had previously said, acknowledging Bardi “in knowing how to broaden the boundaries of the centre-right coalition“. For the ‘blue’ secretary there is one more reason for satisfaction: “The hypothesis of a flattering result for Forza Italia which would confirm the result of Abruzzo”. While the numbers scroll from section to section, Tajani speaks of a “thermometer that is looking good” for a party that “enjoys good health and is growing”. There is talk of double figures, of second place in the region after FdI, of the possibility of ‘overtaking’ the other majority shareholder in government, the League in fact. With the Democratic Party in decline after a series of ‘false starts’ and retreats by the centre-left from one candidate to another before closing in on a Marrese who does not hide: “We knew it would be an almost impossible match, we tried with heart and passion”