After the explosion of the investigation into alleged bribes in Liguria, politics continues to be divided over the fate of the governor Giovanni Toti. If on the one hand the opposition is asking for a step back from the President of the Region, the majority continues to square by appealing to the most unbridled guaranteeism. The M5S vice-president of the Senate maintains that it is appropriate to take measures. Mariolina Castellone, who points out that it is “under everyone’s eyes that there is a moral and ethical issue that must be addressed. We are facing a new Tangentopoli.”
Tough too Gaetano Pedullàjournalist and candidate for the North-West constituency in the European elections for the 5 Star Movement, according to which “the Ligurian judicial investigation has revealed a rotten system of power where political representatives are at the service of unscrupulous and morally unscrupulous entrepreneurs. Giovanni Toti was the same one who for years dominated various Italian television programs attacking citizenship income and public support for those who cannot make it to the end of the month, he who, according to the accusation, did business in luxury yachts and sold off public assets to friends to increase personal consensus. This isn’t just hypocrisy, it’s intellectual dishonesty.”
Bribes in Liguria, the opposition calls for Toti’s resignation
The right-wingers have a completely different opinion and are uniting and defending the governor, even if various background stories speak of a “temporary trust” in him. “We will evaluate what may emerge in one direction and the other (…) Drawing conclusions at this stage is only looking for media trials,” declared the FdI group leader in the Chamber, Thomas Foti. A ‘soft’ – and timed – defense which, according to various backgrounds, would be due to the power struggle between Matteo Salvini And Giorgia Meloni to conquer the leadership of the Region.
In fact, it is known that the League has indicated Edoardo Rixi as a possible heir to Toti, while Fratelli d’Italia, determined to assert its electoral weight, seems to have other plans and would like to place a Meloni loyalist in Liguria.
