Bari, Conte freezes the Democratic Party on the Colaianni hypothesis. Insurmountable rift – Time

“We have no reason to set aside Michele Laforgia’s candidacy for mayor, but we will see what happens in the next few hours”. Giuseppe Conte spoke clearly in the last electoral appointment in Corigiliano-Rossano. The leader of the 5 Star Movement therefore seems to definitively set aside a convergence of the opposition on the figure of the retired magistrate and university professor Nicola Colaianni. “Every day he looks for a space in which to insert himself to argue with us instead of attacking the government. It’s been like this for a long time and before the Bari affair”, was the non-public reaction of Elly Schlein, who brought his men together to address foreign policy issues.

As Repubblica reveals, one of the biggest obstacles to Colaianni’s unity candidacy is his 78 years of age. “The personal data weighs like a rock, especially because the center-right challenger is a 36-year-old regional councilor, Fabio Romito, who is already very strong on social media. And the risk that the Bari competition turns into a generational clash is strongly felt both by Laforgia’s supporters themselves, who in large majority have raised their shields, and by the Dem base”, the background of the newspaper. Now the mediation attempt carried out by Nichi Vendola seems to have failed: the first left-wing party in Bari will be decided at the polls.