Wagner would be turning in his grave. There politics in the province of Salerno does not like pink and therefore, at least in this electoral test just archived, there was no “Valkyrie’s ride”. On the contrary. The numbers are clearly contrary to the other half of the sky. Only five women elected to the position of mayor out of 47 municipalities voting. Of these only one in one common which exceeds fifteen thousand inhabitants. 10.64%. One of the lowest figures in Italy and in any case sufficient to demonstrate how in the small and large realities of the territory the women they struggle to impose themselves on the highest seat in the city palace. Data from one Female caporetto which should push the parties to question themselves, even if most of the lists in the field were civic and only one was elected, Anna Petta in Baronissi, he had the official Democratic Party on his side who had essentially had to register a split with a friend of his who is a contender for the candidacy.
Anna Petta is also the first woman in Baronissi to wear the tricolor sash: her proclamation yesterday, and the announcement that in her first hundred days the tender for the Città della Medicina lots will be issued. Concetta Amato in Casaletto Spartano, Maria Teresa Scarpa in Gioi Cilento, Maria Antonietta Scelza in Salvitelle e Sonia Alfano in San Cipriano Picentino, however, they were all reconfirmed at the helm of the municipalities after five years of administration. For Maria Teresa Scarpa, no one, neither man nor woman, understood challenge her and she was the first citizen as soon as the quorum of voters was reached. However, the problem of the low percentage of women in politics in the Salerno area remains and is irrefutable. «It’s useless for us to go around it – says Maria Antonietta Scelza, 43 years old, reconfirmed mayor of Salvitelle who beat her deputy mayor who surprisingly ran against her – She’s a cultural issue. I’m not saying this because I’ve been involved in politics since I was a little girl, since I was involved in the parish. In my city council there are three women besides me, two in the majority and one to the oppositionso we are almost equal, but I register this problem of mistrust towards women in politics both in parties and in institutions and in supra-municipal bodies. In my small reality they know me, they know how I work, they know that I apply transparency and rigor in every choice for the good of my small community.” However, the reconfirmed mayor of Salvitelle has not yet put an end to the “betrayal” of those who had been close to her for five years. «This time the victory has a bitter taste – continues Scelza – perhaps because we women really believe that before the politics there are human relationships. Now, however, we must look forward and Salvitelle needs serenity, tranquility, social reconciliation. The elections are over and we need to look forward. I still have a lot to do for my country.”
Concetta Amato da echoes Scelza da Salvitelle Casaletto Spartano she also won against a former mayor. «She Surely she is a cultural heritage – explains Concetta Amato – Many think that a woman is not suitable to manage public affairs. Thank God my community has been teaching a lesson in emancipation and great foresight for ten years. Here my deputy mayor for five years was also a woman. And if this time we won with a good percentage of waste votes it means that we have managed well. Here we have encountered more than a gender problem young people’s disaffection with politics. Many stay away from it because they consider it unclear.
In this we women are at the forefront because we are more credible with young people in demonstrating that politics is love and self-sacrifice for community that is administered”.
