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From political rump to anti-separatism powerhouse: Inside a politico's bid to transform the Alberta Liberals
Veteran operative Stephen Carter wants to change the small party into a big referendum advertiser. He may change its name, too.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/alberta-liberals-stephen-carter-9.7167279?cmp=rss
From political rump to anti-separatism powerhouse: Inside a politico's bid to transform the Alberta Liberals
Veteran operative Stephen Carter wants to change the small party into a big referendum advertiser. He may change its name, too.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/alberta-liberals-stephen-carter-9.7167279?cmp=rss
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Veteran operative Stephen Carter wants to change the small party into a big referendum advertiser. He may change its name, too.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/alberta-liberals-stephen-carter-9.7167279?cmp=rss

A lot of people were commenting on the conservativitizing of the Liberal party, but no one seems to note that newly elected MP Doly Begum is a former NDP. You'd think it would be worth a positive comment... assuage their concerns a bit.

#Begum #Liberals #Canada

Il Fatto Quotidiano: Firme false per le elezioni a Giugliano, indagati anche due parlamentari tra cui un componente dell’Antimafia

Ci sono anche un parlamentare della commissione antimafia, il senatore Gianluca Cantalamessa (Lega), e una parlamentare del napoletano, la deputata Annarita Patriarca (Forza Italia), tra gli otto indagati con l’accusa di aver autenticato firme false per formate le liste alle ultime elezioni amministrative di Giugliano (Napoli).
Si sono svolte il 25 maggio dell’anno scorso, in una città commissariata ed attraversata da un clima di profonda tensione. Nel febbraio precedente era infatti avvenuta una retata della Dda, guidata da Nicola Gratteri, contro ex amministratori e politici locali arrestati con l’accusa di aver condizionato le elezioni del 2020 attraverso la loro rete di relazioni con il clan Mallardo. Poche settimane dopo ci fu la sfiducia, con dimissioni in blocco dei consiglieri, al sindaco Nicola Pirozzi, in quel momento indagato (è stato poi archiviato), con richiesta di arresto respinta nell’ottobre precedente, nell’ambito di un altro filone di indagine.
Una situazione ambientale elettrica, che avrebbe suggerito maggiore prudenza nell’autenticazione delle liste. Almeno a leggere l’avviso conclusa indagine della Procura di Napoli Nord – pm Patrizia Dongiacomo, procuratore Domenico Airoma – secondo cui le coalizioni collegate ai tre candidati sindaco Giovanni Pianese, Diego D’Alterio (il vincitore di centrosinistra, ndr) e Salvatore Pezzella, hanno tutte beneficiato di liste allestite con firme poi disconosciute.
Tra i politici indagati per le autenticazioni ritenute false ci sono anche due ex consiglieri metropolitani e due ex consiglieri regionali, oltre ad alcuni professionisti. Ne avrebbero beneficiato Forza Italia, Fdi, Azione con Calenda, Italia Viva, il Pd, L’Udc, i Liberali e Riformisti, cinque liste civiche. Una curiosità: Cantalamessa e Patriarca avrebbero autenticato solo firme per liste civiche e non per i loro partiti di riferimento in Parlamento. Peraltro, a Giugliano la Lega non fece la lista.
L'articolo Firme false per le elezioni a Giugliano, indagati anche due parlamentari tra cui un componente dell’Antimafia proviene da Il Fatto Quotidiano.

False signatures for elections in Giugliano, investigations also involving two parliamentarians, including a member of the Antimafia commission.

There are also a parliamentarian from the anti-mafia commission, Senator Gianluca Cantalamessa (Lega), and a parliamentarian from Napoletano, Deputy Annarita Patriarca (Forza Italia), among the eight investigated on the charge of having authenticated false signatures to form the lists in the recent municipal elections in Giugliano (Naples).

The events took place on May 25th of last year, in a city under municipal administration and affected by a climate of deep tension. In the previous February, a raid by the DDA, led by Nicola Gratteri, resulted in the arrest of former administrators and local politicians accused of influencing the 2020 elections through their connections with the Mallardo clan. Just a few weeks later, there was a vote of no confidence, with a mass resignation of councilors to the mayor Nicola Pirozzi, who was then under investigation (later archived), with a request for arrest rejected in the previous October, as part of another investigation line.

An electrical political situation that would have suggested greater caution in authenticating the lists. At least according to the investigation report from the Public Prosecutor's Office of North Naples – pm Patrizia Dongiacomo, prosecutor Domenico Airoma – which states that the coalitions linked to the three mayoral candidates Giovanni Pianese, Diego D’Alterio (the winner of the center-left coalition, ndr) and Salvatore Pezzella, all benefited from lists set up with signatures later deemed invalid.

Among the politicians investigated for the allegedly false signatures are also two former metropolitan councilors and two former regional councilors, as well as several professionals. Forza Italia, Fdi, Azione with Calenda, Italia Viva, the PD, UDC, the Liberals, and Riformisti, five civic lists, would have benefited from this. A curiosity: Cantalamessa and Patriarca only authenticated signatures for civic lists and not for their respective parties in Parliament. Nevertheless, in Giugliano, Lega did not run a list.

The article “False Signatures for the Elections in Giugliano, Two Parliamentarians, including a Member of the Anti-Mafia Commission, Investigated” is from Il Fatto Quotidiano.

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Firme false per le elezioni a Giugliano, indagati anche due parlamentari tra cui un componente…

Si tratta del senatore Gianluca Cantalamessa (Lega), che autenticò le sottoscrizioni per una lista civica di centrodestra. Tra le otto persone indagate c'è anche la deputata Annarita Patriarca, eletta in Forza Italia

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