M5S, Cancelleri retreated to Sicily: “I am at odds, that’s why I give up”

The double mandate remains at stake and Giancarlo Cancelleri (Undersecretary for Infrastructure) withdraws his possible candidacy for the Sicilian primaries. And the renunciation puts it in pen and paper: “After about three days, the discussion in Rome at times became paradoxical because there was no talk of what could have been a reinterpretation of the M5s and of a founding rule with an in-depth reflection on the limit of two terms. This discussion actually ended up on top of me. I did not feel like becoming the apple of a discussion that is very serious and must be faced with seriousness, and to see the two leading exponents, Grillo and Conte, being put in difficulty in front of the cameras because the only question that arose the post was whether Cancelleri can apply or not ». Already yesterday the news had leaked of a probable step sideways with the renunciation of running for the center-left coalition primaries in view of the regional elections in Sicily. Now two other names remain on the table of the movement: the group leader Nuccio Di Paola and the regional deputy Luigi Sunseri. “It seemed absurd and paradoxical – he added – so yesterday, in the early afternoon, I called Giuseppe Conte to inform him that I was no longer available for the candidacy, taking him away from the embarrassment and apologizing for having made him difficult for some questions”, concluded .