Pd in stalemate in Messina: and De Luca addresses the center-left electorate

The provincial meeting of the Pd has just started. After yesterday's uproar, the timeline for the selection of the mayoral candidate has been further extended within the center-left. In pole position is Antonella Russo, chosen by the regional secretary, Anthony Barbagallo, who is favored by part of the local party but opposed by the faction that would prefer the candidacy of Alessandro Russo. Both are city councilors and are now at the center of a fratricidal dispute within the Messina party. They are seriously behind on the candidate selection. The electoral campaign has, in fact, already been in full swing for days. A continuous back-and-forth between Marcello Scurria, the center-right candidate, and Cateno De Luca. And it is he, today, trying to take advantage of this impasse, who has sent an appeal to the Pd: «We hope that the uncertainty characterizing the center-left will be resolved as soon as possible because we are still in the phase of 'waiting for Godot'».

«To the center-left electorate – continued De Luca – I say clearly that in light of these delays, it is time to make a choice of side. Our civic project is open: it has a right wing, a left wing, and a centrist wing. The administrative actions I initiated in 2018 and that Federico Basile has been carrying out since 2022 have all the characteristics of social justice that is often cited as an identity element of the left».

In today's meeting, the Pd might be able to find a synthesis. But given the dynamics of recent days, the conditional is a must.