Sanremo. «We are sorry that the candidate Mager is worried these days about the numbers of the latest published poll which sees the coalition of Gianni Rolando at 43%, Mager at 24% and Fellegara at 23.7%. An understandable anxiety, which has involved its candidates and supporters, who in recent days have expressed themselves, in a disheveled and nervous way, with imaginative comments on social media.
Let’s put some order into so much confusion. We have published two surveys. The first was carried out in January and was regularly published on the ministerial website. Then Mager refers to a hypothetical secret poll from April, which we do not know has been published and which he cunningly tries to blame on us and which does not concern us. On the other hand, we would be pleased to know what happened to the numerous polls that we understand your coalition has commissioned, including recently. For transparency towards citizens, we have always published ours.
As regards the second and last survey commissioned by us, we underline how it was carried out by an authoritative company, used at a national level and publicly praised several times by those who now try to debase its professionalism. The method used is scientific, neutral and the sample (number of people interviewed) is 1000 subjects. Having said this, candidate Mager, probably too focused on the numbers and not enough on the legislation, asks us why the survey was not published on the Ministry’s website. The answer is simple: Alessandro, don’t worry, you will be able to consult and examine it on June 10th! In fact, the law, hard lex sed lex, provides that the polls can be published in the press and on the Ministry’s website no later than fifteen days after the elections.
Why is the survey not found on the Ministry website? Simple, because 48 hours can pass between publication in the newspapers and publication on the Ministry’s website. Having published it in the media on the last available day and having sent it to the Ministry in any case, it is not possible to find it on the website itself because the Ministry has taken steps to obscure it. (see attached photo)
So, everything is fine! Perhaps the attack is dictated once again by inexperience and lack of knowledge of specific rules, like the time he proposed to introduce the constituencies in conflict with the law, but once again we grant him the generic mitigating circumstances. Finally, dear Alessandro, the polls in an electoral campaign are the smiles, the handshakes, the words of appreciation, the applause of the real Sanremo people, you seem nervous, we take the liberty of suggesting that you reduce the coffees.”
