Toti is “immersed in the study of papers” and “humanly very reactive”: according to lawyer Savi, his lawyer. Such reactivity, however, will not go so far, barring second thoughts, as to suggest that he answer today in the guarantee interrogation. Silence doesn’t help him from a political point of view. “I will demonstrate that he has not committed any offence”, he said yesterday, the reaction and the objective of the demonstration would be the revocation of house arrest. The Ligurian governor is determined to remain in his post even if, as Savi always explains, “he will confront the majority”.
But without the lifting of house arrest, the outcome of that confrontation, despite the support of Fi and Lega, is already sealed. «We are for everyone’s ability to peacefully demonstrate their innocence. Net of this, we patiently await the results of an intermediate phase”, says Minister Lollobrigida and it is a very different position from that of those who challenge the presumption of innocence until the sentence has been issued.
Behind closed doors the tricolors are even more brusque and the most irritated of all is Giorgia Meloni. The incident close to the elections is a problem and Crosetto is unable to hide the doubt that the investigation is clockwork: «A strange story breaks out on the electoral campaign. With the logic used for Toti, the majority of administrators, public managers and I presume also magistrates can be arrested.” Outbursts aside, the only question is how long she is willing to wait on the gridiron for the prime minister. Some say a month, some say no more than two weeks. In reality, Toti may have even less time available: no later than next Saturday. Provided that in the meantime he fails to obtain the saving revocation of house arrest and even in that case resistance would be difficult if the possible revocation were accompanied by suspension from office.
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The proof of how close the resignation is perceived to be, beyond the official declarations, lies in the succession maneuvers, which have already started at full speed. The story of the Turin Book Fair is also indicative. In the absence of the governor, who was unable to do so, his deputy, Alessandro Piana, a member of the Northern League, would have had to go, but already on the eve he made it known that he had no intention of exposing himself “without a full mandate”, a formula which was also difficult to understand. It ended up that Toti spokesperson Jessica Nicolini, who is also coordinator of cultural policies, had to go to represent the region. The inauguration of the stand has been postponed until who knows when. The spokeswoman found herself surrounded by frost. A scene from the fall of the gods.
In the event of the abandonment of the governor, Liguria would return to the polls in the autumn, therefore at the same time as Umbria but on the right there are those who dream of a real election day with the addition of Emilia-Romagna where, however, the certain election of Bonaccini MEP should not prevent us from bringing the legislature to completion. The lightning speed with which the Ligurian FdI coordinator Rosso had «not ruled out» Toti’s resignation reveals how greedily FdI looks at that box.
The first name on the list is that of the impatient coordinator Matteo Rosso. However, there are also former deputy mayor Nicolà and councilor Simona Ferro in the running. However, the League also aims to replace Toti, perhaps exchanging the candidacy in Umbria with FdI. The Carroccio would count on two possible heavy names: Edoardo Rixi, former deputy minister and big man of the Carroccio but also the mayor of Genoa Marco Bucci, close to the League but as an independent, strong of a notable personal consensus and perhaps with an extra card to play: the relationship of closeness and esteem with the IV coordinator Raffaella Paita, already a candidate defeated by Toti. On the other side of the barricade there is only one name on the field, that of former minister Andrea Orlando. As long as he feels like it…
