“Too moderate in the capital. Tesei for the Region”

PERUGIA – After the defeat of the centre-right in the municipal elections of Perugia, the League is aiming, “straight as a train”, on the reconfirmation of Donatella Tesei as leader of the Umbria Region and will convene a coalition table “shortly”. This was announced by the regional secretary Riccardo Augusto Marchetti. “The centre-right is compact – underlined Marchetti – and in Umbria it has achieved important victories in Foligno, Orvieto and Gubbio, wrested from the left after eighty years. There are the foundations for starting again after losing Perugia”. Regarding the Umbrian capital, the secretary of the League declared that “when you lose, it is appropriate to stop and reflect, understand what could have been done differently and recognize the mistakes made to avoid repeating them in the future”. “We conducted – he added – a very moderate campaign, in which at times we had the impression of wanting to hide our identity and our values, and perhaps this is precisely what the citizens did not share. Defeat is only constructive if we can learn from it, I hope that everyone will be willing and honest to compare and start again with different assumptions, but with the same determination. Despite the epilogue, I would like to thank the candidate Margherita Scoccia who put his whole heart into it.” “The focus is now on the next regionals” said Marchetti. “Donatella Tesei – he added – is the best possible candidate, capable of gathering a broad and transversal consensus. We will have to talk more forcefully about our administrative action, with particular attention to the issue of healthcare”.