(ANSA) - TURIN, MARCH 11 - Mauro Salizzoni withdraws from the bid for mayor of Turin for the center-left.
The announcement in a letter in which the vice-president of the Regional Council explains that in the face of some reservations expressed in recent months "by some political forces, in particular within the Democratic Party", and "in the absence of a broad agreement on my name", it does not intend "to be in the way and I prefer to step aside ".
"Months ago - recalls Salizzoni, an internationally renowned doctor famous all over the world for his transplants - I accepted the invitation, received from many sides, to make myself available to the center-left to stand as the new mayor of Turin. Of course, politics has its own. rules and its dynamics.
We know it.
It is clear to everyone how difficult it is to arrive at a 'synthesis' on the different names in the field and how many are variable to consider.
In fact - he observes - just my profile, human, professional and of civil passion, which is seen by many people as a factor of renewal for the politics and for the fate of our territory, has been considered by some political forces (in particular within the Democratic Party) as 'element of weakness of a candidacy that would not be adequate to govern a complex city ".
Salizzoni hopes" that the choice of the candidate or candidate will take place involving all the instances of the central administration of Turin, guaranteeing the unity of the coalition with a great opening to civil society and to the many competences present in our company ". (ANSA).
