Lecce, Adriana Poli Bortone? What was he doing when he discovered he was mayor

“I started playing burraco with my friends. At a certain point they called me and said can you come down.” So Adriana Poli Bortone81 years old in two months, revealed that he learned the news of his election to mayor of Lecce to the ballots which closed yesterday, Monday 24 June. Parliamentarian, minister, twice mayor between 1998 and 2007. And now, almost 20 years later, new first citizen. She lost the election in the first round two weeks ago by about twenty votes. Yesterday you won the tricolor band, in the run-off, after a head-to-head vote with your opponent and the outgoing mayor Carlo Salvemini, centre-left, close to the Democratic Party. Poli Bortone has established itself for 646 difference cards and a percentage equal to 50.69%.

Bortone, as reported by the Courier, says he felt no tension. But in reality she doesn’t hide the fact that she welcomed him the good news in tears. And just as he was playing burraco. He claims her tears; “Let me be myself, I am also this“. Also. Because Poli Bortone knows how to use rough words, especially with political opponents. “What to say to Salvemini? And what should I say? I’m not saying anything at all, I’m always sorry for those who lose, but all competitions are like this”. A long militancy in the MSI and then in the AN, he had long since left the right-wing parties and had founded his own movement: Io Sud. “It was wonderful to discover during the election campaign that many knew me: not only elderly people and adults, but also many young people – he explained -. They are the ones who they gave me energy and energy to think together about a different city”.

An exceptional victory, also certified by the applause of the secretary of the League Matteo Salvini. “A very talented woman was elected – said the deputy prime minister – and was immediately supported by the League”. The head of the Northern League complimented her on her phone. Satisfaction also from the Salento minister Raffaele Fitto: “The people of Lecce rewarded the unity of the coalition but above all the propulsive force that Adriana possesses as human and political characteristics”.