Not only Sigfrido Ranucci. On the left, the parties would also be reviewing the lists of “free agents” ahead of the upcoming elections. And the mechanism is simple: a safe seat in exchange for many votes. Besides the former host of Report, among the names circulating are also those of Ismaele La Vardera, regional councilor in Sicily, former face of Iene and leader of Controcorrente; former magistrate Antonio Ingroia, and Francesca Albanese, UN special rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territories. Among the most sought-after, there would then be prosecutor Nicola Gratteri, who has already made it clear that he is not interested, because, he explained, he does not like to bow his head.
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La Vardera would be mainly favored by the Five Star Movement, according to what Roberto Gressi writes in the Corriere della Sera: “The PD hesitates, also because the sponsor is Giuseppe Conte, to whom La Vardera would bring a nice package of votes when the primaries are fought, in spite of Elly Schlein.” While Albanese would be targeted by Green and Left Alliance of Angelo Bonelli and Nicola Fratoianni. For them, according to the Corsera, managing to run her would be “the Sunday coup”: “The United Nations special rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territories enjoys great visibility, for her initiatives over the years, and could play a significant role in bringing to the polls the largely abstaining people of the Flotilla, who have filled the streets and squares of all Italy.”
