The alternative political forces to the outgoing Lega-led administration met in order to
agree on an alliance in view of the run-off elections on 23 and 24 June 2024.
Representing the three sides are the three candidates for mayor Vincenzo Telesca, Pierluigi Smaldone and Francesco Giuzio. Pierluigi Smaldone, representing the civic lists “Potenza Ritorna”, “Città Nuova” and the “MovimentoCinque Stelle”, and Francesco Giuzio, representing “La Basilicata Possibile”, proposed a
formal appearance, as per the mandate received from the lists and parties respectively in support of them.
After a careful analysis of the vote and the political perspectives in the field, the mayoral candidate Vincenzo Telesca proposed instead the sharing of a programmatic agreement aimed at sharing a project which not only looks at the liberation of Potenza from the Right, but which finally finds , the way for the aggregation of a reformist and progressive camp in Basilicata.
The outcome of the consultation was also positively evaluated by his own electoral base, Pierluigi Smaldone
and Francesco Giuzio, respectively representing their lists, decided to welcome the
proposal by sharing its inspiring principles.
While the right is bent on dividing the seats and identifying positions for individuals,
the beacon of this nascent group is one and only one: the common good! The spirit that unites the three mayoral candidates, in fact, starts from the sharing of a vision, planning and planning necessary for the capital.
Among the qualifying points of the shared program:
1. Stop land consumption by encouraging urban regeneration and the reuse of real estate
abandonment. Creation of meeting and participation spaces for citizens.
2. Connection between the University and the city’s social fabric.
3. Request to the Government for the appointment of an extraordinary commissioner for Bucaletto.
4. Incisive action towards the Region and the Government for the construction of the connection link for
Polla to the Salerno-Reggio Calabria high-speed line.
5. Activation of the Teatro Stabile Foundation by November 2024 (so that it can be nominated for the
national funding in January 2025).
6. Extraordinary plan for the districts and suburbs with the creation of a department dedicated to
districts.
7. Renewed attention to the historic centre, in its peculiarities, with the appointment of the Centre’s councillor
History and Tourism (read exemption for commercial premises, review of the transport service
public mechanized and on rubber vehicles, urban decoration).
8. Sport as a driving force for the city’s socio-economic development; establishment of a Citadel of
Sport.
9. Initiatives to enhance the natural beauty and green areas of our city.
Revisitation of the separate waste collection system that will lead Potenza to become a zero waste city.
10. Evaluation of a municipal company for the autonomous management of transport for Potenza and its towns
neighbors.
Sharing a firm no to Differentiated Autonomy, which wants to take resources away from what we already have
tormented realities to bring them towards the north, was unanimous, together with the denunciation of bad management
of the right-wingers who brought the capital into the situation it finds itself in.
A political laboratory is therefore born in Potenza which, thanks to the understanding and sacrifice of the coalitions that
have chosen to undertake a common path, united to bring real change to Potenza,
can lay the foundations for a structured relationship also on a regional basis.
