How envious of Elly. She goes on vacation, and really disconnects from the world, no one knows where she is, whether in Greece like last year or in Lugano with her parents or rather in Barcelona with her girlfriend Paola. In short, no paparazzi on some beach, not even a trip to the convention in Chicago, no Alex Reed who goes to visit her for example in a farmhouse, no family selfie next to the August barbecue, not even a TV appearance, with a thoughtful interview, against the backdrop of a typical Mediterranean garden. Nothing at all, “Elly has gone away”, even the bodyguard couple of the Nazareno, Igor Taruffi and Davide Baruffi, have been left without deliveries: what the hell, the secretary has disconnected the phone. “But please come back now” (the secretary could really reappear in the next few hours), beg the Democratic volunteers, who sadly observe the wide field sinking into a sea of controversy and problems. It is that the concern grows on the very day of the inauguration of the National Unity Festival (until September 8) that opens its doors in Reggio Emilia. Also growing are the curses like that of Andrea Orlando left to roast all month in Liguria, waiting for a green light that never arrived.
“Where have you gone Elly?”, the former minister asks impatiently, having imagined at least receiving the same treatment as the candidates in Emilia Romagna and Umbria. They are already in the field, while he waits. In the meantime, in fact, his solitary and unchallenged willingness to make himself available has become increasingly complicated. And with some competitors who were not there before, like the Genoese Luca Pirondini of the M5S (and Nicola Morra, former president of the anti-mafia commission for an autonomous list of ex-grillini). The problem is not only Giuseppe Conte, who is serious in Liguria (he wants immediate compensation) but also Carlo Calenda, gripped by growing doubts about the operation. “He hasn’t run in Liguria for ages”, “he has never been a record holder for preferences”, “he prefers conferences to election campaigns”, the militants are starting to cover their tracks to justify the delays in Rome. If we move from Genoa to Bari, the situation does not improve. They are already calling it the “mayor’s curse”. It is the one that concerns the mayor of the regional capital of Puglia: two months to manage to set up a council, with a debilitating controversy with Michele Laforgia, and when he does, two councilors who resign in four days. First the ecologist Carlotta Nonnis Marzano, the one who wanted to outlaw the Pope, then Daniele Diomede who is about to do so, after the no-confidence vote of his own party, the M5S, which announces external support. Even in Bari, the gossips are starting to vent: “Decaro may be very skilled, but he didn’t really choose his successor well.”
Surely the next few months for the “unlucky” mayor will not be easy. If in Liguria and Puglia, the broad field is not smiling, the real problems are all in Rome. In the meantime there is the “almost friend” 5 stars, at war with the founder, but who has decided to raise his head. And to make his voice heard, he will certainly not be the foolish servant of the Nazarene, the alliance must be between equals, Elly is not the first woman. Then there is the other former prime minister, the one of Florence, who in ten days, moves like the true dominus of the broad field. Too much visibility, his comrades complain judging the frenetic August activity of Matteo Renzi. He, who mindful of the ability of Marco Pannella (who during the summers of the first Republic became the only showman around), in mid-August “bought” the entire alliance with a last minute. In short, it’s time for Elly to return, and perhaps do as she did last year, when upon her return she delighted fans with an improvised version of “Zombie”.
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2024-08-23 20:33:51
