ROME – “Certainly in the next few hours we will present Toti’s request to the court (arrested for corruption, ed.) and to be able to compare ourselves with his list, which, let us remember, is the first group in terms of numerical strength of the regional council, and, furthermore, to be able to have a discussion with the regional leaders of the coalition parties and with the reference parliamentary group at a national level. Further requests for meetings with others may follow shortly political personalities. We remember that Toti, in addition to the institutional function of regional president, plays the role of leader of a regional force that is absolutely indispensable for the political choices of the near future”. Stefano Savi, Giovanni Toti’s lawyer, makes this known. “The resignation is not the subject of the meetings – he underlines – which are essential for an initial discussion about the broad-spectrum regional policies that the council, and specifically the majority, will have to carry forward while awaiting the president’s return to full political viability”.