Salis: 'Me as an anti-Meloni candidate? I would consider it'
The mayor of Genoa in the Partito democratico quota does not give her opinion but admits that she would consider running for office
It is neither a candidacy nor an explicit desire to run for Palazzo Chigi. However, Silvia Salis, mayor of Genoa in the PD quota, is beginning to consider running for Prime Minister. The elections, at the moment, are scheduled for next year.
The post-referendum
Devoting a focus to Salis is Bloomberg, which calls her 'the new face of Italia and a possible anti-Giorgia Meloni candidate'. The interest starts from the last month of fibrillation experienced by the opposition, due to an unexpected fragility of the government after the defeat in the referendum.
"The referendum defeat suffered by Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni last month," Bloomberg writes in the opening article, "is galvanising the Italian opposition," recognising Salis as a potential competitor to the current premier in the next election.
Salis steps forward
It has to be said that Salis did not give her opinion. Yet, she spoke differently than in recent months, when she denied wanting to run for Palazzo Chigi and thus leave the role of mayor. 'If I were asked to run against Giorgia Meloni? It would be a lie to say that I would not consider it. This national attention flatters me'.
"So is Salis ready for the big leap?" asked Bloomberg, to which the mayor replied: "It is clear that I cannot escape this national attention, I cannot evade the questions. It's an interesting thing, I'm flattered,' she said, while reiterating her no to a primary run. But what if she were asked directly to run? Insists Bloomberg: 'Faced with a unifying request I can't say I wouldn't even consider it, that would be a lie'.
