«I will continue to move forward with the electoral campaign for the Sassari municipal elections». Thus this morning at a press conference Gavino Mariotti, rector and mayoral candidate for the centre-right, announced his decision not to withdraw from the race for the consultations after learning last night that he was being investigated by the District Anti-Mafia Directorate of the Cagliari Prosecutor's Office for mafia and secret association in Monte Nuovo investigation.

«I'm shocked», he declares, «I didn't expect it at all. I must also say, however, that, at the moment, I have not received any official communication. In any case I have total faith in the judiciary."

Mariotti appeared at times shaken by what rained down on him but determined not to take a step back. «I consulted with the other parties», he reports, «for correctness and to know how to behave. Everyone urged me to move forward, giving me their complete support." A support made tangible by the presence of all the coordinators of the forces of the deployment who have decided to rally around their leader.

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