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TEHRAN, Feb 25 - A centre-right candidate is poised to win a regional vote on the Italian island of Sardinia, replacing a centre-left administration and underscoring the struggles of the ruling 5-Star Movement, partial results showed on Monday.
TEHRAN, Young Journalists Club (YJC) - The centre-right coalition includes the League party, headed by Matteo Salvini, which still runs with its traditional allies Forza Italia and Brothers of Italy in local elections, but governs nationally with the populist 5-Star.
The League/5-Star partnership is straining under an inversion of political fortunes, with the League surging nationally to about double the result it won in last year’s vote, while the 5-Star has lost support.
The centre-right candidate Christian Solinas, a League senator, took around 47 percent in the Sunday vote, according to a very early tally, with the centre-left at about 35 percent and 5-Star at 10 percent — far below the 42.5 percent it got on the island in last March’s national election.
An exit poll released after voting closed on Sunday suggested a closer race between the centre-right and centre-left candidates, with 5-Star trailing in a poor third.
“We must not over-emphasize a regional election,” Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte told reporters on the sidelines of an international summit in Egypt. “I don’t believe that the results could have any consequences for the national government.”
The League and 5-Star alliance in Rome has appeared increasingly fractured in recent weeks, with disagreements bubbling up over a series of issues, including on the construction of an Alpine tunnel and even on who to support in the Venezuelan political crisis.
Source: Reuters
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