“I will be the mayor of all, of the Roman and Roman women, of the whole city”. Roberto Gualtieri is the new mayor of Rome, and speaks from the headquarters of his electoral committee in Rome, greeted by a big round of applause before speaking and by choirs “Roberto Mayor of Rome”. He thanked his opponent in the ballot, Enrico Michetti, as well as the outgoing mayor Virginia Raggi and Carlo Calenda, a candidate who got the most votes in the first round. THE NUMBERS OF GUALTIERI
The numbers are not yet definitive, but the third Opinio Italia projection for Rai, in the ballot for the municipal councils of Rome, the advantage of the center-left candidate Roberto Gualtieri expands, to 60.1%, while Enrico Michetti, the center-right candidate stops to 39.1%. As underlined by several parties also on these columns, the abstention won over all, which exceeded 52% in this second round of the Roman administrative consultations. “Warm congratulations to Roberto Gualtieri, the elected members of the Calenda Mayor list will give their contribution, with constructive and pragmatic opposition, to his difficult task”, wrote on Twitter Carlo Calenda, leader of Action, who had collected over 20% of the votes, despite failing to reach the goal of the ballot.
“I appeal to all the social, economic and political forces: it is time to realize a Pact for Rome”, said Gualtieri from the stage, “I ask all the forces of the city, the social and associative bodies, to participate in a great season of relaunch of Rome “. Thinking about abstention, he then spoke of “a serious phenomenon that we have seen in recent days will give life to a great season of beautiful participatory politics”. Pending the official percentages, the next step for the new mayor of the capital will be the formation of the Rome government team. FROM TURIN THE VICTORY OF THE CENTRO -LEFT
Victory of the center-left also in Turin, which sees the candidate Stefano Lo Russo, according to the projections of the Opinio Italia Consortium for Rai (sample coverage: 73%) at 59.4%, while Paolo Damilano would have stopped at 40.6% at the moment. Also close are the data coming from the Interior Ministry, according to which when 268 sections out of 919 were scrutinized, the center-left candidate Stefano Lo Russo and 60.15% of the votes against 39.85% of the center-right candidate Paolo Damilano. “On Monday 25th the junta will be announced, I will take this time to choose the best people,” said Lo Russo, speaking on his electoral committee.
“Some call it a historic election campaign,” said Lo Russo, speaking to former mayors Valentino Castellani, Sergio Chiamparino and Piero Fassino. “I will take you as a model even in your specificity, for your ability to be respectable, capable, competent and honest people and for the good you have done to the city I hope to live up to your example”. UNCERTAIN TRIESTE
In Trieste, when 232 sections out of 238 were scrutinized, the outgoing center-right candidate for mayor, Roberto Dipiazza , is ahead, with 51.6 percent of votes, over the center-left mayoral candidate, Francesco Russo, which stands at 48.4 per cent, according to what is announced by the electoral service of the autonomous region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia. Confirmation of the outgoing candidate, re-elected for the fourth time, is good news for the center-right, but the advance of the center-left coalition is still considerable in a city considered non-contestable.
