Basilicata elections, Bardi re-elected with 56.6%: ‘Agreement with Renzi-Calenda is also a model for Rome’

The centre-right candidate beat Piero Marrese (42.16% of the vote) and Eustachio Follia (still at 1.21%). And on the support of the leaders of Italia Viva e Azione, which could open up new horizons for the government majority, he says: “It is possible if we share some objectives to be achieved, as happened here. What matters is the good that each wants to its territory and its country”

The official announcement arrived during the night: the centre-right candidate Vito Bardi was confirmed president of the Basilicata Region with 56.63% of the votes. Piero Marrese of the centre-left obtained 42.16% of the votes; the third candidate Eustachio Follia received 1.21%. The re-elected governor’s first thought went to “all Lucanians” and his wife: “We have always been side by side, and even in recent weeks she has been extraordinary”.

Bardi: “Support of Renzi and Calenda? It can be a model for Rome”

“Everyone called me – said Bardi a The messenger, who interviewed him immediately after the victory -. To be honest, I haven’t been able to answer some of them yet. But I thanked everyone, starting with the leaders of the United Centre-Right, for the support they gave me by personally spending themselves in the electoral campaign for another five years of good government. Giorgia Meloni was also congratulated.” And as regards the support of Matteo Renzi (Italia Viva) and Carlo Calenda (Action), according to Bardi it can also be a model in Rome: “I think so, at least on the points on which can find convergences. If we share some objectives to be achieved, and we agree on the programs to achieve this, as happened here in Basilicata, what matters is not so much the model, but the good that everyone wants for their territory and their country “.

Bardi’s priorities: infrastructure, healthcare and energy

Bardi then indicated the priorities of the second mandate: “The first point is that of infrastructure. I have already started a discussion with the government to bring high-speed rail to Basilicata”. Then there are “healthcare and energy. Our goal for the next five years is to make Basilicata the energy hub of Italy”. The re-elected governor finally focused on Forza Italia’s result in the regional elections, defined as “important” and which “will have a positive effect on the European elections. Overtaking 10% in the polls in Brussels? We are working on it, we can get there. And we’ll get there, I’m convinced.” Five years ago Silvio Berlusconi was there to celebrate: “If he were here today, he would be very happy. He believed in me, he was my friend, and I have always admired him greatly. He would have been happy to share this moment. A moment which I also want to dedicate to him.”

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Lollobrigida: “Further confirmation of trust in the government”

The one in Basilicata is a “further confirmation that this government has the trust of the voters”, however “we do not feel invincible”, said the Minister of Agriculture Francesco Lollobrigida at Corriere della Sera. “We know well that good governance is built day by day. Today there is also a very divided opposition, and instead for a government having opponents who can propose a credible alternative can also be a stimulus. Today that is not the case”, he said. added. And then came the congratulations also from the president of the Liguria Region Giovanni Toti: “Congratulations to Vito Bardi, confirmed governor of Basilicata. A great success that rewards five years of good governance and the unity of the centre-right coalition, ready to work again with the same commitment for the citizens of Lucania”.

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Three women out of 20 councilors elected

Returning to the vote, three out of 20 women (two from the Five Star Movement and one from Fratelli d’Italia) were elected to the Basilicata Regional Council. In particular, the M5s elected only women: for the province of Potenza Alessia Araneo, and for that of Matera Viviana Verri. FdI (a total of four councilors) has elected Maddalena Fazzari in the province of Potenza. All three will sit on the Regional Council for the first time.