The preparations, perhaps still a little disheveled, are beginning to tremble for the next electoral appointment of the year 2024, when the Sardinian people will be called to the polls again to choose their next Region President and with it, for the renewal of the Council Regional in its entirety. Letting yourself go to a prediction would not be wise, even if it is compelling on the level of pure and simple intellectual speculation, and indeed, it would not even be useful in a strict perspective from a changeable becoming to be, that same becoming, subjected to the dynamics, sometimes incomprehensible and too much convoluted, of the game of alliances.

Certainly, and contrary to what some would be led to believe, it will not be enough to "take oneself", but it will be necessary to find the necessary courage to "not get lost" through the preparation and planning of a short, medium and long term project organization chart, whether it is shared not only in its essential points, but even in its composite entirety. Beyond the attractiveness and validity of the various government proposals, provided that such and of appreciable consistency manage to emerge, what is at risk is the same interest in voting by Sardinian citizens who, having completed all necessary assessments with respect to the results and results of the current legislature, which has now reached its final "rush", will have to make a choice in terms of reconfirmation or in terms of change where there are appreciable alternatives.

Center-Right and Center-Left Sardinians, provided that the alignments remain such, and barring different and original articulations, will once again go to "compete": the Psd'Az will still find the alliance with Matteo Salvini's League useful and advantageous above all from the point of view of the "desired" and the approval of the people of the voters? Will the Democratic Party find the necessary strength to embark on a government path with the 5 Star Movement? What will be the mutual benefits? How will the parties traditionally defined as "centre" manage to find their systematic position without being overwhelmed by the whirlwind of alignments? Certainly, and although many may probably not agree, the first investigation to be carried out in order to be able to prepare a government program, both of the right, of the left and/or of the center, would be that relating to the usefulness of the persistence of the reasons for the " Sardinian speciality. In other words: currently, and over the past few years, what advantages or concrete benefits has the persistence of the legal regime of "specialty" brought to the Island? What would be, nowadays, the arguments in support? The question would seem far from extemporaneous, considering that, "mutatis mutandis", the choice of persisting or not on the reasons for "speciality" would appear to appear in terms of essentiality on the future of our geographical reality. Meanwhile, because, whatever one wants to say about it, Sardinia, over the years, would seem to present itself to the eyes of the world, and obviously, as profoundly transformed with respect to its historical origins. Therefore, because the transformations that have taken place, and the government experiences that followed, probably reconsidered from a modernity point of view, would seem to suggest rethinking from the very foundations the assumptions and conditions that had justified the adoption of a different juridical regime with respect to the of the other Italian regions. In other words: even on an economic level, and consequently on management, how useful was the legal regime of differentiation in the past, and is it useful today, with reference to our specific reality?

Any alliance between parties, and any regional government program may perhaps not be fully valid and concrete if they fail to consider and/or reconsider the reasons for a "specialty" which in fact would appear not to exist or in any case not be functional for the purpose. Because it is clear that by changing the perspective of government, and passing from autonomism to statism, absolutely unprecedented scenarios could arise for the Island and who knows, perhaps even more advantageous in terms of the use of essential services, and in this case, in the health sector in primis and then transport and connections. Sardinia is undeniably the most distant Mediterranean island from the peninsular mainland compared to any other not only in Italy but also in Europe. Although having a total geographical area almost coinciding with that of nearby Sicily, the total number of residents stands at less than a third of those of the Sicilian brothers with all consequences in terms of electoral weight at national level. Despite the passing of the years, a level of internal isolation persists which does not seem to find a remedy, so that multiple "islands" within the island continue to coexist within the island of Sardinia. It has always been said: yet the situation continues to be statically the same. Let's be clear: the "specialty", far from being considered as a "status symbol", should be taken into consideration as a starting point for a reasoning that redefines the juridical-economic position of the island reality in a perspective of state governmental "concentration" understood.

The reorganization of any Political Party with a view to electoral competition, but not only that, should not disregard the need to undertake a serious and reasoned confrontation with the social administrations and in general with the various trade unions and with each protagonist of the social life of the island. The winning formula could lie in a courageous reversal of a legal perspective that values Sardinia in a unitary and all-encompassing dimension of national government. Look far to be closer: this should be the categorical imperative. It is no longer a matter of leadership choice, of discussing whether this choice should come from Rome or from the territorial level. It would be a question of understanding what remedies to put in place to overcome the various gaps which to this day, and despite the alternation of legislatures, still remain the same. The time has probably come to proceed with the transformation of the paradigm governing the institutional-juridical nexus between the Sardinian legal system and the Italian legal system, even disregarding and even disregarding the reasons for an insularity which would find its natural solution in the new relationship of competences. The alignment, of any political color that succeeds in the enterprise by becoming a concrete interpreter of the change, will have the electoral competition in hand. Centre-Right and Centre-Left: perhaps the defining paradigm will no longer be such as new and unprecedented forms of confrontation would appear to be needed, perhaps only at a territorial level. Certainly, with good probability they will have to change the terms and contents of the confrontation.

Josephine Di Salvatore

(lawyer - Nuoro)

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