«Treaty with the Campanians». This is how Edmondo Cirielli defines it. Somehow remembers the contract with the Italian Silvio Berlusconi. On the other hand, the conditions were the same as the Cavaliere in 2001: trying to comeback and overtake. Berlusconi’s points were five, Cirielli reduced them to three. But like the former prime minister, who announced that he would not seek re-election if he did not achieve at least four of the five points, the deputy foreign minister stated that “he will immediately resign mid-term if half of his commitments are not achieved”. The announcement came from the stage after Giorgia Meloni’s speech. Complete with signature on the document. «We can win», said Cirielli who took the stage to full applause from Palapartenope and a chorus of “Edmondo, Edmondo”. But the most interesting thing about the candidate’s day was the agreement with the people of Campania. Health services, youth employment and pension funds are the three main points. And the last one is the one that caused the most noise: Cirielli promised a hundred euros more per month for the minimum pension. An ace emerged more than a week before the vote to try again and overtake.
That agreement
So let’s discuss the benefits of the Fratelli d’Italia exponent proposal. It was announced late in the afternoon, before the event started at Palapartenope. «A serious and binding commitment», Cirielli said. “As president Region – we read in the document – I will be the guarantor of the Campania region and during the five years of my government I will implement, along with the program points, the following three actions for which I signed an agreement with the citizens”. Health care and employment are the first two points. But the third point immediately attracts attention, the point about pensions: «Minimum contribution of 100 euros per month for those receiving the minimum pension». But in the area of health services, the center-right candidate promises: «We will increase the number of hospitals in the region and the number of general practitioners, making it possible for everyone in Campania to be treated in facilities no more than 30 minutes from home». And again: «We will halve the waiting list time and we will employ health workers based on population». The second point is also very decisive, namely regarding jobs aimed mainly at the younger generation: “They no longer have to leave our Territory. We will bring the employment rate above 50%.” The final promise is the verification, mid-term, of compliance with the commitments made. As? This is the formula studied by Cirielli: «The medium-term evaluation of the objectives will be carried out by a committee composed of citizens. If, in the two and a half years after I take office, 50% of the commitments are not achieved, I will resign immediately.”
Intervention
Cirielli arrived early Palaparthenope. He took to the stage to say hello, along with Fratelli d’Italia organization manager Giovanni Donzelli, before the event even started. He stopped to shake hands with supporters and speak to journalists: «We were able to win because there were a lot of people who voted for the center-left and also a lot of people who had no place and maybe didn’t support us in the past, but wanted to vote for change, they wanted to give a vote of hope for our region», he said. That The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs defines De Luca as “the past” and accused his main opponent, Roberto Fico, of having “ruled Campania through the Democratic Party that supports him. So he is shouldering disasters related to health services, jobs, safety, transportation and the young generation forced to leave Campania.”
Attacks on opponents are also carried out in speeches from the stage: “Today we can change Campania and free it from the power groups that have brought us to our knees. With your vote, you can send this powerful group home. We will be able to rise again and be great again”, he said, quoting his slogan. And again: «De Luca and Fico said bad words to each other: thieves, mafiosi, bandits, idiots. And now they are together. It’s proof that they just want to stay in their seats.” Then he thanked the center-right leaders who came to Campania to support his candidacy. Ultimately touching on two important themes of the program: health and safety. After the intervention of the party leadership, Cirielli returned to the stage also for the closing of the event and the signing of the pact.
All regional leaders of the center-right parties, deputies and senators from the government coalition and almost all candidates from the eight center-right lists were present in Fuorigrotta. Journalists sought out Fratelli d’Italia leader Gennaro Sangiuliano who further explained the nature of the “red hats” by revisiting Trump’s motto: “make Naples great again”: «I wrote a biography of Ronald Reagan because the motto was his, not Trump’s who adopted it. I am an admirer of Reagan, who for me was a great president.” Then he showed the bracelet again with the phrase «from the legendary Berlusconi: “you are just a poor communist”. The Knight has also been more than present in this election campaign.
