Modest result for M5S in Abruzzo - Conte

(ANSA) - ROME, MAR 11 - The modest performance shown by the centre-left opposition Five Star Movement (M5S) in Sunday's regional elections in Abruzzo spurs us to work even harder to put down roots at local level, party leader and former premier Giuseppe Conte said on Monday.
    "We note the modest result of the Five Star Movement, which pushes us to work with ever greater strength on our project of rooting ourselves in the territories, to convince the too many citizens who no longer vote to get involved and participate," said Conte after the party polled seven per cent.
    "We must do this in the wake of the victory in Sardinia, which a few days ago led us to elect the first M5S regional governor in history, Alessandra Todde," he continued.
    "It is a signal from which to start again," concluded Conte.
    The M5S was part of a broad centre-left coalition backing Luciano D'Amico, a university professor in business economics who polled 46.5% against the incumbent centre-right governor Marco Marsilio's 53.5%.
    D'Amico was also supported by the Democratic Party (Pd), which polled around 20%, making it the second party for share of votes after Premier Giorgia Meloni's Brothers of Italy. (ANSA).