Sardinia Governor Alessandra Todde
said Saturday that she was legitimately continuing to do her job
after the regional election commission of the court of appeal on
Friday ruled that she should be disqualified from the Sardinia
regional assembly.
The case regards allegedly breaches of the rules on election
expenses during Todde's successful campaign to take the helm of
the region last February.
If she loses her seat in the assembly, she will also lose her
position as governor. The regional assembly itself will have the
final word, although Todde has said she will also appeal against
the ruling.
"I am calmly at work, as you can see, after also a discussion
with my coalition," said Todde, a member of the 5-Star Movement
who was elected on a ticket supported by a broad alliance of
centre-left parties.
"An administrative act was issued by the Court of Appeal
yesterday, it will follow its course and it will obviously be
handled by my lawyers.
"I reiterate my full confidence in the judiciary, my full
confidence obviously in the actions that have been taken by the
committee that represented me for the elections.
"So what I can say is that I have total motivation and total
legitimacy to continue working for the Sardinian people and that
is what I will do".
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