(ANSA) - Palermo, October 13 - Sicily Governor Rosario
Crocetta has been barred from running in the November 5 Sicilian
elections after an appeal to the Palermo Regional Administrative
Court was turned down Friday.
Crocetta was ruled out after the ticket he is running on was
adjudged, again, to have been filed improperly.
Crocetta is now pinning his hopes of re-election on an appeal
to the Council for Administrative Justice (CGA).
Crocetta, 66, has been governor of Sicily since 2012. He was
the first openly gay mayor in Italy when he became Mayor of Gela
in 2003.
A prominent figure in the fight against the Mafia, in 2009 he
was elected as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP).
He became governor following the Sicilian regional elections
of 2012.
Crocetta out of Sicily elections (3)
Has one appeal left