The Carroccio has announced that it is considering the jeweller’s candidacy “provided the legal requirements are met”. But the requirements are not met, because a conviction for multiple murders results in the forfeiture of political rights. The general is aware of this and says: “We will support him in every way possible, but I do not believe that standing as a candidate for the Fn is one of them”. Meanwhile, the jeweller says: “If Mattarella pardons Minetti, I will too.”

The leader of Italia Viva is meeting with his party members at Villa Borghese. “Meloni has lost the trust of the public with the referendum and that of the political establishment with her voting preferences.” And he responds to the attacks from the Five Star Movement: “Me, unreliable? On what grounds are they speaking? If anyone wants to talk about the past, we’re ready. It wasn’t us who sent Salvini to the Ministry of the Interior.”

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The former Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies says: “It is right to ask people to vote for candidates, especially for a government that wanted to introduce the office of Prime Minister. But you can’t tell the turkeys to bring Christmas forward. The opposition parties have played dirty.”