Calangianus. It has the Gallura in the heart. And she deeply loves her country of origin, Calangianus, where the parents still live. She spends her vacation days in his land, with the inevitable summer stops in Bados, where he and his sisters inherited a house by the sea from their family. But now Michele Lissiawho is 42 years old and has lived in for 24 years Lombardyis focused on the next important objective: he is in fact a candidate for mayor in the municipal elections Pavia for the centre-left coalition. He is one of the five in the running although, according to him, the real challenge will be between two «and we have an excellent chance of doing it». Between one rally and another, Michele Lissia was recently the protagonist of a courageous act. He blocked a young mugger, convinced him to return what he had just stolen and then saved him from a lynch mob. «In our program one of the priorities is safety, which is certainly not that of batons but of tasers. Our mission goes beyond control: we need a real “cleaning” of the territory by investing in social policies. In Pavia there is only petty crime and the perpetrators are often drifters, marginalized, disadvantaged and homeless people who have not been cared for and taken off the streets. Here, we will allocate 20 percent of the budget to build a real one in Pavia social Security also through inclusive projects.”
And the episode involving Michele Lissia on the street was a confirmation for him that the path taken by his coalition is the right one. «I was walking in a street in Pavia and I saw a boy running away and a local police officer who followed him shouting “stop him, stop him”. I found it in front of me. I managed to interrupt his escape and reassure him: it’s a 20 year old Egyptian. I told him: “Stop and you’ll see that nothing happens. Return what you stole and no one will get hurt. He had ripped a chain from another young man’s neck and at that point he gave up. Then I had to protect him because there were those who wanted to lynch him. Well, that’s exactly the point. Getting to social security.”
The candidate for mayor from Gallura who aims to govern Pavia remained in Calangianus until he was 18, where he had also been a boxer in the Aurora club. «Then I arrived here to study at university and I never moved again. Except for the two years I spent abroad (Erasmus in Scotland and a year to Berlin during the doctorate). I graduated in Political Science and Law and obtained a PhD in economics, law and institutions. I am also a freelance journalist and I have worked for the Polyclinic of Pavia, for the research center of the Lombardy Region, for the Piedmont Region and for some years I have been the operational director of a company that deals with medical transport”. His political career began during his university studies. Registered at Democratic party in 2013, the following year he was elected municipal councilor in Pavia and then, in 2016, became leader of the Democratic Party in the Council. In December 2018 he was elected city secretary and is now in the running to become mayor of Pavia. «What if I manage to wrest the leadership from the center-right? Ours is a broad and strong coalition, we will make it.” Gallura word.
